From owner-freebsd-java Sat Nov 2 19: 5:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DEA937B401 for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:05:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx7.roble.com (mx7.roble.com [206.40.34.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B6743E6E for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:05:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marquis@roble.com) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:05:33 -0800 (PST) From: Roger Marquis To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why linux-sun-jdk13 ? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: <20021103030533.F1C0FDACC9@mx7.roble.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lewis wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 11:38:11AM +1030, Wilkinson,Alex wrote: > > I just wanted to ask why we need linux-sun-jdk13 distfile and linux_base to install the > > native FreeBSD jdk13 port ? > > Bootstrapping. You need a 1.3 compiler to build 1.3. Once you've got it > compiled you can remove them and do port updates with NATIVE_BOOTSTRAP > to avoid having to reinstall them. Makes a good case for at least one binary distribution, especially with all the bloat required by linux-base... -- Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting http://www.roble.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message