From owner-freebsd-java Thu Aug 3 19:35:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au (ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.246.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF98037BA25 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 19:35:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA44607; Fri, 4 Aug 2000 12:05:03 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from glewis) From: Greg Lewis Message-Id: <200008040235.MAA44607@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Linux JDK on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: from Edward Wolpert at "Aug 3, 2000 06:56:02 am" To: Edward Wolpert Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 12:05:03 +0930 (CST) Cc: Michael Robinson , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL70 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Edward Wolpert wrote: > One more point, (someone correct me if I'm wrong) this list is for native > ports of the Java VM's to FreeBSD. I think there is a different mailing > list for the linux emulation. (freebsd-emulation) I do emulate the > jdk1.3 port for certain builds myself, (jBoss can only be built using jdk1.3, > but runs fine under java1.2.2p9). Personally, I'd rather help the group > get Java 1.2.2 working anyways, rather than skip to Java 1.3. Let the > linux folks help sun workout some of the 1.3 bugs before we try. ;-) Here is what it said in the original message I got when I subscribed: "This is the mailing list for people discussing the development of significant Java applications for FreeBSD and the porting and maintenance of JDKs." The Linux Blackdown JDK is certainly available as part of the FreeBSD ports collection, so its maintenance (which would include usage and upgrading to 1.3 when that is release) probably falls within the scope of the list. Not only that, there have been previous discussions concerning running the Linux JDKs under emulation on the list, and I think that its certainly an appropriate place for it. Also note that without this ability it would be a lot harder to bootstrap the JDK 1.2.2 native build. Michael has raised some pertinent issues with running the HotSpot part of JDK 1.3 under emulation, and if anybody wants to run with that, then I'd personally encourage them to post any Java related questions or discussion topics to the list here. Obviously you'd get much more help with the nuts and bolts of the Linux emulation on the emulation list, but this is the place for Java stuff :). -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 5083 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message