Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:05:34 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jgh@FreeBSD.org> To: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with compiling java programs on FreeBSD from ports Message-ID: <20120404010534.GG10821@dormouse.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOus_HgQFPZPm3WBm_RbwJxRQzhfwzpUQ-YuRHo%2BAVq95A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMLunXRmtOza8mHVOoG15w=-ZkssUoyK8Wi-cW-9DbE5drnQZg@mail.gmail.com> <CAMLunXS6YB6Zox2AHf-MNxNQRFa-PNSvTp_%2BF3Ut%2BETdB=FkEA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOt0aZWOwMeemJ12GmrQtUmsR-J9XXQ%2B-j-JZoNgi9r2KQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAMLunXR4Oux5cDwVcu55CSKKLdiSTtxH%2BkMXUuQybp5uYG8sCw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOuiH4MighOSb6BjfjBybtFOFTNAKx%2Bt4Ys3BmxLfaKVHA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOs%2BL6mgN2T9UY_yvNNrkvfvPo1pynfdtXhCGZ6ydRe9jQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120403061108.GA46679@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <CA%2BWntOunwkTrs5XBVv1S6ZbAGsgYY25iJQEhdxmC6Q1irxh7ng@mail.gmail.com> <20120403151641.GA52490@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <CA%2BWntOus_HgQFPZPm3WBm_RbwJxRQzhfwzpUQ-YuRHo%2BAVq95A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 07:46:35PM -0400, Super Bisquit thus spake: >On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 10:43:16AM -0400, Super Bisquit wrote: >> > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 08:20:05PM -0400, Super Bisquit wrote: >> > > > Here is where the problem becomes apparent. >> > > > >> > > > file /usr/local/java/jre/bin/java >> > > > /usr/local/java/jre/bin/java: Mach-o executable ppc >> > > > brandelf -t FreeBSD /usr/local/java/jre/bin/java >> > > > brandelf: file '/usr/local/java/jre/bin/java' is not ELF format >> > > > >> > > > Mr. Lewis, do you know who created the package? I'd like to be able o >> > > work >> > > > with him/her to make a native FreeBSD one. >> > > >> > > I said up front this was a MacOS X/ppc package that I was providing as >> an >> > > example that Zero worked on PowerPC (with a code base that supported >> > > FreeBSD). >> > > >> > > I'll repeat this once more. The code base is likely very close to >> > > supporting FreeBSD/ppc using the Zero VM. The hard part is going to >> > > be doing the bootstraping for the initial build. Here is a link to a >> > > post that goes into some of the details on how you can accomplish this. >> > > It's what I did when I did a FreeBSD/sparc64 port using Zero. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=89377+0+archive/2008/freebsd-java/20080203.freebsd-java >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com >> > > Eyes Beyond Web : >> http://www.eyesbeyond.com >> > > Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org >> > > >> > >> > Please believe me when I say that i do not have neither an i386 nor an >> > amd64 machine to do such. None here belong to me nor do I have the >> > permission to change what is on them. I have only the RISC- Power, >> Sparc64- >> > at my disposal. >> > I would like to try building from the mercurial source; however, I am not >> > currently finding the proper hg pull/clone instructions. I may find them >> > after I send this email. >> >> You can't build openjdk from source without a bootstrap JDK. So, whatever >> machines you have, at least one of them will have to have a compatible >> working JDK on it. You could, for example, install Solaris on the Sparc64 >> machine and run a JDK there, but you have to have _something_ with a >> running JDK. Also, since the bootstrap JDK isn't on the same machine >> you're >> building on you'll have to use the technique described in the post I sent a >> link to above. >> >> -- >> Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com >> Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com >> Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org >> >If Solaris costs money, then I can't finish this porting effort because I >am poor. Have you looked here: http://openindiana.org/ This is a fork of OpenSolaris (free). -jgh -- Jason Helfman | FreeBSD Committer jgh@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~jgh
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