From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 17 09:47:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC0BB16A468 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:47:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbq@caraldi.com) Received: from cottages.caraldi.com (laf31-2-82-224-106-41.fbx.proxad.net [82.224.106.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 788CE13C448 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:47:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbq@caraldi.com) Received: by zoupla.cottages (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 68DAD2E04F; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:21:10 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:21:10 +0200 From: Jean-Baptiste Quenot To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070615202109.GB13281@zoupla.cottages> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org References: <20070610154040.GA94905@misty.eyesbeyond.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070610154040.GA94905@misty.eyesbeyond.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Please test the new 1.6.0 patchset 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, 17 Jun 2007 09:47:28 -0000 * Greg Lewis: > If you're not afraid to build the JDK from scratch without a > port, please try the "current" (new) JDK 1.6 patchset (see > http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk16.html). This is > based on the 1.6.0 Update 1 Build b06 JRL source. > > Unless I get some showstopper reports I plan to release this as > patchset 1 sometime next week. The raw patchset itself will > have problems if you don't have the /usr/X11R6 symlink, but this > will be fixed in the port. > > I haven't yet created the jdk16 port, which is why you'll have > to build it from scratch ;). It should be reasonably similar to > the current jdk15 port though. I need JDK 1.6, as the Linux version is not good enough (it creates files with funny permissions), but I don't think I can afford to build from scratch. However once you've got the jdk16 port available somewhere I can download it and test it. It can wait a few days/weeks more, no problem. Thanks for your work Greg, -- Jean-Baptiste Quenot aka John Banana Qwerty http://caraldi.com/jbq/