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Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Steven Friedrich <freebsd@insightbb.com>
Subject: Re: Which jdk port should I use?
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Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 10:05:34PM -0500, Steven Friedrich wrote:
>> I have two installed:
>> diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.01_9
>> jdk-1.5.0.14p8,1
> 
> The native JDK is the one to use in most cases; eg: if you're
> running FreeBSD-7, eclipse won't work properly unless you're using the
> native jdk.

I assume you mean "native" in the sense of "compiled for FreeBSD 7 
instead of FreeBSD 6".  They are both native FreeBSD binaries :-)

But yes, you should be using the self-compiled jdk on FreeBSD 7 for 
other reasons: it has better performance.  Once a 7.x build of diablo is 
released you can switch to that.

Kris