Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:03:32 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> To: Bill Huey <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org> 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: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10202131502240.20682-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20020213194738.GA3598@gnuppy.monkey.org>
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Bill Huey wrote: > 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 !!!!"] Great song! I loved the big Eddie (if you ever saw them in concert). -- Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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