From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 26 14:11:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org 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 B223116A41F for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:11:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arvindnahata@yahoo.com) Received: from web50101.mail.yahoo.com (web50101.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4278F43D48 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:11:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arvindnahata@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 83019 invoked by uid 60001); 26 Aug 2005 14:11:26 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=OnZyO0x8szKza8T/kh8q37H+IVfdICzdIw53Z5wrqjm+E43Xhnx9xP9jPF2SHMPUEzGz0LdsDyURvdXg7ezBRAFhH+LnXURo4FifTKDNg07jK0fHD6wCT6iOXFjefJicaqt9tSf8CZTVg/e1lpl4LlYYCG9DUV18hsr066gH1EM= ; Message-ID: <20050826141126.83015.qmail@web50101.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.200.51.98] by web50101.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:11:26 PDT Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:11:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Arvind Nahata To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <4309B268.5010405@iang.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Arvind Nahata Subject: Re: JRE for FreeBSD 5.4, Monitoring FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:11:27 -0000 Thanks again for extending the help folks! I am clear with the concepts of Ports and packages now. I am not in a hunt for the system calls I need to know in order to collect CPU, Memory and other system information. Any inputs on this will also be of great help. Thanks! --- Ian G wrote: > Arvind Nahata wrote: > > Many thanks to Ian G, Greg Lewis, and Ronald Klop > for > > their responses! > > > > Please ignore my ignorance, but can you first tell > me > > what do you mean by "PORTS" > > > > I am really confused and am sure it has some > different > > meaning in the FreeBSD world. > > > Yes, it's really confusing. Packages are like > RPMs where you download the whole thing in a big > compiled archive. > > Ports is a different system where you compiled > and download the source. The system lives in a > directory called /usr/ports. In there are about > 100 categories, and in each category directory > are about 100 porducts. Each product has a > Makefile and other files to support downloading > compile and install. > > It's mostly driven by portupgrade(1) these days, > but there are a bunch of commands you have to > execute and know when they apply - it's a bit > of a mess because there isn't a unifying document > that shows which other commands are needed AFAIK. > I can send you a crib sheet on that. > > Also, you have to make a sort of decision as to > whether you are running packages philosophy or > ports philosophy. They do live together sometimes > but not always. For your purposes - Java - you > will need to live as ports. > > The good news is that ports does seem pretty > robust when you know and follow the commands. > It's not nearly as bad as "linux upgrade hell." > > (Ports inspired Gentoo IIRC.) > > All IMHO... > > > Also, where can I find all the posts of > > freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org? > > iang > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com