From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 23 12:27:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org 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 B4F2E16A403 for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:27:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mv@thebeastie.org) Received: from p4.roq.com (ns1.ecoms.com [207.44.130.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BB6543D4C for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:27:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mv@thebeastie.org) Received: from p4.roq.com (localhost.roq.com [127.0.0.1]) by p4.roq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E8394D30E; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:28:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.0.6] (ppp157-158.static.internode.on.net [150.101.157.158]) by p4.roq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE3084D301; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:28:15 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <444B7299.9040701@thebeastie.org> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:27:05 +1000 From: Michael Vince User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060213 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Kiesel References: <44499D22.3070507@thebeastie.org> <1145695734.756.2.camel@boost.home.ahk> In-Reply-To: <1145695734.756.2.camel@boost.home.ahk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD binary Java and source Java X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:27:10 -0000 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