Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:27:05 +1000 From: Michael Vince <mv@thebeastie.org> To: Alex Kiesel <alex@kiesel.name> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD binary Java and source Java Message-ID: <444B7299.9040701@thebeastie.org> In-Reply-To: <1145695734.756.2.camel@boost.home.ahk> References: <44499D22.3070507@thebeastie.org> <1145695734.756.2.camel@boost.home.ahk>
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Alex Kiesel wrote: >On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 13:04 +1000, Michael Vince wrote: > > >>Hey all, >> >>I just wanted to know if there is a difference between the binary >>supplied Diablo Java and the Java I can build in the ports tree? >>As in is it a binary because it has source code compiled into it that >>Sun didn't want the rest of the world to see? or is it just a certified >>binary of what I could build in the ports tree and is offered for the >>case of ease and standards? >> >> > >It is AFAIK the certified binary, plus it contains numerous Sun patches >(The Diablo Java is jdk-1.5.0 update 6) in comparison again the source >java (update 0 - if you want to call it this way). > >Regards, >-Alex > > > Thanks for that, also do you know about Java 1.4.2? when is it based on all the sources sun have used for a real binary on Linux or MS Windows? or is it on FreeBSD missing souce code? Mike
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