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Kris,

> This does hilight the bsd.java.mk problem that old versions of the jdk
> are used by default by the USE_JAVA=1.2+ construction, which defaults
> to the oldest possible jdk (1.2) instead of the newest stable version.

When newer JDK's become more stable than the old ones _and_ have not too 
many dependencies, then the newer JDK's are moved up the preference list.

Ernst

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