Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:21:27 +0930 (CST) From: Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Pre-alpha JDK 1.2.2 patches -- update Message-ID: <200003300951.TAA24823@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
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This is a new set of PRE-ALPHA source code patches for the JDK 1.2.2 source which builds on patchset 3. This new set (patchset 4) can be gotten from http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsd-jdk122-patches-4.tar.gz (this message is included in the tar ball as the file ANNOUNCEMENT). Please also read the file ANNOUNCEMENT.3 for some other relevant information, particularly the large number of people who should be thanked that things have gotten this far! I was almost tempted to call this set of patches alpha instead of pre-alpha, but there are a few niggling things not done and so much is untested I didn't dare. However, it is the case that pretty much all the functionality now builds, even if a lot of it hasn't had any testing. A number of the ISSUES from patchset 3 have now been addressed (see the ISSUES file for more information): Issue 4. The assembler version of executeJava now works. Issue 7. DPS support is built into libfontmanager using Display Ghostscript (but is totally untested). Issue 8a. libaudio now builds (but is totally untested). Issue 8b. libsunwjdga now builds (but whether its relevant or useful is questionable). Issue 8c. libcmm now builds (but is also totally untested). Issue 8d. libJdbcOdbc now builds using unixODBC (but is totally untested). Issue 15. You can now perform the build with the standard version of gcc under FreeBSD 3.x (gcc 2.7.2.3) thanks to patches from Kees Jan Koster. Please note that some of these fixes require extra functionality. In particular you now need GNU m4 (someone could test whether the default FreeBSD m4 works?), Display Ghostscript (dgs) and unixODBC. Of these, the first two are available as ports, but unixODBC isn't. However, I've included an attempt at a port in unixODBC.tar.gz. You should definitely take notes of the Makefile comments for it though, particularly the first 3: 1. I've never done a port before. 2. This is totally untested. 3. I don't even use the ports system. That said, you can compile without any of these extra packages if you turn the appropriate switches off in various makefiles (see INSTRUCTIONS). Please test as much as possible! You can find some web pages (thanks again to Kees Jan!) about testing efforts on the port at http://web.inter.nl.net/users/kjkoster/java/index.html -- 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
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