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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:38:24 +0000
From:      Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        duanewinner@att.net, java@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Installation Questions (JDK on FreeBSD 4.9)
Message-ID:  <200401122038.24672.znerd@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <1073935779.3795.29.camel@closetotheedge>
References:  <1073935779.3795.29.camel@closetotheedge>

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Hi Duane,


> I see that the latest patchset for 1.3.1 is '9', not '8'. How do I
> compile with patchset 9?

Do the following:
=2D Use CVSup to update your ports collection.
=2D Confirm that the java/jdk13 port is now patchset 9
=2D Install the port sysutils/portupgrade if you don't have it yet
=2D Do 'portupgrade jdk' to upgrade jdk13 to patchset 9

> It looked like if I just edit the Makefile in /usr/ports/java/jdk13 and
> change the line "JDK_PATCHSET_VERSION=3D" to '9', that would do it, but
> apparently not. What else must I do to it to compile with patchset 9?
> (I tried w/ NO_CHECKSUM=3D"yes", but that still didn't do it -- I see that
> distinfo has the MD5 checksums for j2sdk-1_3_1-src.tar.gz and
> bsd-jdk131-patches-8.tar.gz)

If you would have done a 'make makesum' as well you would have got one step=
=20
further, but then perhaps something changed in the port itself as well, so=
=20
you would miss out on that with that kind of approach.

> And can anybody tell me exactly what the 'real' story and status of JDK
> on FreeBSD is? Should I even be concerned about patchset 9? Is it

As far as I know, JDK 1.3.1 patchset 9 is considered to be stable.
=46rom my experience, so is JDK 1.4.2 patchset 5. I switched over from JDK=
=20
1.3.x to 1.4.x a few months ago. But since I'm currently not running it in=
=20
a production environment, I'm really not the one to ask. On my workstation=
=20
it works like a charm though, with my daily Ant and Orion work.

I'm using FreeBSD 4.x still, but both 4.x and 5.x branches are supported.=20
Some features, like SMP-friendly threading, seems to work only on 5.x,=20
though.

Just my EUR 0.02...


Ernst



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