From owner-freebsd-java Wed Oct 30 21:20:39 2002 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 BAEE637B401 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:20:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mgr2.xmission.com (mgr2.xmission.com [198.60.22.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D550C43E4A for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:20:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from mail by mgr2.xmission.com with spam-scanned (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1877kN-0006Wh-02 for freebsd-java@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 22:20:00 -0700 Received: from [207.135.128.145] (helo=misty.eyesbeyond.com) by mgr2.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1877jr-0006AL-02; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 22:19:28 -0700 Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g9V5JI435487; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:49:18 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:49:18 +1030 From: Greg Lewis To: "Wilkinson,Alex" Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why linux-sun-jdk13 ? Message-ID: <20021031154918.A35475@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <20021031112943.C53751-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20021031112943.C53751-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>; from Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au on Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 11:38:11AM +1030 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=8.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE, SPAM_PHRASE_01_02,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT,X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.43 X-Spam-Level: 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 On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 11:38:11AM +1030, Wilkinson,Alex wrote: > I just wanted to ask why we need linux-sun-jdk13 distfile and linux_base to install the > native FreeBSD jdk13 port ? Bootstrapping. You need a 1.3 compiler to build 1.3. Once you've got it compiled you can remove them and do port updates with NATIVE_BOOTSTRAP to avoid having to reinstall them. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message