From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 5 21:46:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org 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 923F316A41F for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:46:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org) Received: from smtp-out2.tiscali.nl (smtp-out2.tiscali.nl [195.241.79.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AF5943D49 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:46:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org) Received: from [82.171.39.195] (helo=guido.klop.ws) by smtp-out2.tiscali.nl with smtp (Tiscali http://www.tiscali.nl) id 1ENH5Y-00037E-CM for ; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:46:12 +0200 Received: (qmail 883 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2005 21:46:11 -0000 Received: from localhost.thuis.klop.ws (HELO outgoing.local) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.thuis.klop.ws with SMTP; 5 Oct 2005 21:46:11 -0000 To: "Greg Lewis" , "Csere Matyas" References: <433FDCE9.1090806@eduweb.hu> <20051004210312.GA27275@misty.eyesbeyond.com> Message-ID: From: "Ronald Klop" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:46:09 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20051004210312.GA27275@misty.eyesbeyond.com> User-Agent: Opera M2/8.50 (FreeBSD, build 1358) Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha port status X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:46:13 -0000 On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 23:03:12 +0200, Greg Lewis wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 03:13:13PM +0200, Csere Matyas wrote: >> im planning on installing fbsd on an alphaserver. the only thing that is >> keeping me from giving it a try, is that i have no idea what java is >> supported under it. >> which versions of java are available for the freebsd-alpha port? >> more specifically, i want to run jakarta tomcat 5, anyone done that on >> this platform? > > The only Java support on the Alpha that I know of is that Compaq released > a JDK for Linux at one point that run under Linux emulation. I think it > was JDK 1.2. > > We have some half-baked Alpha support in the JDK 1.3 sources, but it > needs > someone to pick it up and finish it. > For the record: I have Compaq's JDK 1.3 running on an Alpha linux machine. Linux 2.2.21 alpha $ java -version java version "1.3.1" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition Classic VM (build 1.3.1-1, native threads, jit) -- Ronald Klop Amsterdam, The Netherlands