From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 2 10:52:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D06BE16A4CE for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:52:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from imgate2.snip.net (imgate2.snip.net [209.204.64.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD02043FDF for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:52:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from johnpage@bedrockjava.com) Received: from Mo (sarc8b-209-204-69-71.snip.net [209.204.69.71]) by imgate2.snip.net (Postfix) with SMTP id DB7EC60EF2 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:52:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <004601c3a172$7e0d4b50$4745ccd1@Mo> From: "John Page" To: Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:52:27 -0500 Organization: BedrockJava MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0043_01C3A148.8D2B5390" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: java install asking for XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: John Page List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 18:52:47 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C3A148.8D2B5390 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I am trying to play it safe and installing: the official Diablo (jdk1.3.1) on a FreeBSD4.8 OS Despite my conservative specs, the java installation is asking for: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5 All of the freeBsd packages for FreeBSD 4.8 on the mirror sites only go as high as: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_1 I see Xfree86-version 5 on FreeBSD 5.0 package lists but am apprehensive about putting a package for the 5.0 OS on a 4.8 OS. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My options seem to be: 1.) install XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_1 and receive a warning from the java install 2.) install XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5 and make the java install happy but run it on a 4.8 OS This must be a common issue. Does anyone have any thoughts or advice? John -------------------------------------------------------- John Page, SCJP johnpage@bedrockjava.com http://www.bedrockjava.com ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C3A148.8D2B5390--