From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 22:40:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2E8B106564A for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:40:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfarmer@predatorlabs.net) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 961EB8FC0A for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk7 with SMTP id 7so2843731qyk.13 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:40:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.161.203 with SMTP id s11mr1905991vcx.195.1285454438420; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:40:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.188.3 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:40:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [128.95.133.14] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:40:38 -0700 Message-ID: From: Rob Farmer To: David DEMELIER Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: Create bootstrap binaries for openjdk X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:40:39 -0000 On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:57, David DEMELIER wrote: > Hello, > > For people who try to install openjdk, they saw that we need to > install an other available jdk like diablo-jdk which is really painful > to install from ports since we need to fetch one million of distfiles > manually. > > What NetBSD' pkgsrc done is making availables binaries for > bootstrapping, I would propose this idea too then the port will not > depend on the non-free and painful diablo-jdk. > > Bootstrap binaries should be done for FreeBSD 7.x release and 8.x > release for i386 and amd64 architecture, then the port will be able to > download the bootstrap binaries from official FreeBSD ftp servers. > > I like much this idea, and if you agree on I will send a PR with > patches for it, but since I don't have FreeBSD 7.x version I would > like someone to make binaries for i386 and amd64. > > With kind regards, > > -- > Demelier David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I think something like this would be a good idea - not only would it help with building a jdk, but it would also make it possible for the package cluster to build java ports without any RESTRICTED stuff, so the packages could be posted on the ftp site. As another (potential) solution to this issue, I've been meaning to try building openjdk with the GCC java compiler, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. -- Rob Farmer