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Date:      Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:13:45 +0100
From:      Juergen Nickelsen <ni@jnickelsen.de>
To:        Tom Samplonius <tom@samplonius.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Problems installing JDK 1.5
Message-ID:  <E99CF3E9-CD93-46F2-BD41-322929722031@jnickelsen.de>
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On 07. Mrz 2007, at 8:12, Tom Samplonius wrote:

>   There are some license restrictions on distribution of jdk  
> binaries.  In order to be distributable, jdk binaries need to pass  
> Sun's test suite (TCK).  So the Diablo binary passes, and is  
> distributation.  The port, is just source, and does not require  
> testing.  A binary built from the port may or may not pass,  
> depending on the current state of development.  There can be  
> regressions as things change in the OS, and linked in packages.   
> The jdk has a fair number of dependencies, so it is pretty easy to  
> blow-up a jdk build.

I see. Thanks for the clarification!
Regards, Juergen.



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