From owner-freebsd-java Mon Mar 10 10:41:42 2003 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 54AF337B401 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:41:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.unsam.edu.ar (ns2.unsam.edu.ar [170.210.48.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BEAB43FAF for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:41:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fernan@pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar [192.168.10.11]) by www.unsam.edu.ar (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA75481 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:41:32 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (localhost.iib.unsam.edu.ar [127.0.0.1]) by pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.12.8/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h2AIgApf011458 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:42:11 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: (from fernan@localhost) by pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.12.8/8.12.7/Submit) id h2AIg9TQ011457 for java@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:42:09 -0300 (ART) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:42:09 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero To: java@freebsd.org Subject: can several java distributions coexist? Message-ID: <20030310184209.GD53332@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi! I have for some time two jdk131 installations, the native FreeBSD one and the linux one. Question: since java applications are not 'branded' in the notion of brandelf, what is the use of having a linux-java? Just for linux-browsers to use it? Question 2: I am about to install and try newer versions of both Artemis and ACT (see /usr/ports/biology). However, a notice on the master site says: UNIX users should get Java version 1.1 from the Sun JDK 1.1 download page or the JDK 1.1 ports page. Newer versions of Java may be suitable depending on the platform. GNU/Linux users should install the Blackdown.org beta release of JRE version 1.4.1. The Sun versions of Java 1.3.1, 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 have various long-standing bugs (4533641, 4627564) which make them unusable. Now, what do they mean by 'UNIX users' and 'depending on the platform'. Of course I am asking this question to them, but would also like to hear opinions from the FreeBSD Java people as to how stable/buggy are the Sun versions on FreeBSD. Again, what if I just rm the FreeBSD native jdk and keep only the linux one. Would a java app find it? May I then try blackdown.org's linux-java as suggested by the developers of artemis and act? TIA, Fernan PS: please CC me in the reply, since I'm not subscribed to this list -- F e r n a n A g u e r o http://genoma.unsam.edu.ar/~fernan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message