Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 06:59:14 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Steven Friedrich <freebsd@insightbb.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Mohamad Faizul <mypiju@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Which jdk port should I use? Message-ID: <20080306175914.GA69530@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <200803061248.49493.freebsd@insightbb.com> References: <200803052205.34227.freebsd@insightbb.com> <200803061219.52023.freebsd@insightbb.com> <1de16aa10803060928w72589ea5k349385ecd9dc8f95@mail.gmail.com> <200803061248.49493.freebsd@insightbb.com>
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On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:48:49PM -0500, Steven Friedrich wrote: [...] > My question was "which port should I use" and so far, it appears the answer is > jdk15, but it appears it depends on diablo-jdk. > > You might take a look at: > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml > > But it appears that it only helps as long as your're using prior to FreeBSD 7. > I believe these guys are telling me that if I'm running FreeBSD 7 (and I am), > that I need to use jdk15 (but it appears that it installs/depends on > diablo-jdk. The diablo-jdk is a build dependancy for the jdk15 port. Once the jdk15 port has been installed you can safely remove the diablo-jdk. IIRC, the diablo-jdk on FreeBSD-7 also has a run-dependancy on misc/compat6 port. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed
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