Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:47:38 -0800 From: Bill Huey <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org> To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, Alex <akruijff@dds.nl>, Andrew Reilly <areilly@bigpond.net.au>, Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020213194738.GA3598@gnuppy.monkey.org> 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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On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 02:40:20PM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote: > 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? It's just a formality. If you can look at the build environment and find the bootstrap variable, you can then make it point to the previously built native J2SE. > Take a look at ports/lang/gnat. You need an Ada compiler to > build the Ada compiler. I provide a native bootstrap compiler > so if the port builder doesn't have a previous Ada compiler > installed, it will download the bootstrap compiler and use it > (from the work directory, so it get's cleaned right along with > everything else). > > Dan Eischen It's not that hard to do. It might be cool to provide instructions for doing so, but it's up to a person with the free time to do this. [/me blasting an old Iron Maiden album... "Run To The Hills !!!!"] ;-) bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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