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Date:      Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:43:59 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
Cc:        Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Java for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <15466.49663.27042.298945@caddis.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10202131435050.18858-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
References:  <20020214053946.B60507@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10202131435050.18858-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>

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> > > I tried to install it on 4.4 but it wanted to install X and asked me
> > > lot of quistions about it. I also needed to download two compressed
> > > files by hand (normal). Didn't hear anything about needing linux-jdk
> > > due.
> > 
> > Think compiler, think bootstrapping.  Trust me, you need the linux-jdk13
> > port installed.  If you don't the port build will die and complain about
> > not bootstrapping with a valid JDK.
> 
> But once you have it bootstrapped, you don't need the Linux
> JDK port.  Why don't you provide a native JDK as a bootstrap
> and depend on that?

If we could provide a native JDK, we wouldn't need the port to build
anything at all. :)

There are still a couple of hoops to jump through before the native
binary can be released.


Nate

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