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Date:      Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:51:30 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: __fpclassifyd problem
Message-ID:  <16281.22674.121623.574110@emerger.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F975B45.6010504@freebsd.org>
References:  <20031023041544.068CD2A7EA@canning.wemm.org> <3F975B45.6010504@freebsd.org>

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[ add compatability hacks to libm ]
> > We tried this at usenix, but it still didn't work.  Obviously there is more
> > going on.
> > 
> > Before anybody goes and bumps libraries etc, it would be useful to know if
> > running a statically linked jvm will work on -current.
> 
> This sounds like a good plan, though it should be noted that statically 
> linking the jvm executable will reder it useless since it won't be able
> to dl_open any of the essential JNI modules.

Not just the JNI modules, but basically *all* the modules are dl_opened,
so a staticially linked modern JVM can't realistically be created.

The last time we were able to create a static JVM was JDK1.1.  I spent
many weeks attempting to create one for 1.2, and finally gave up.



Nate



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