From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 22 03:05:57 2006 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 3585416A401 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:05:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mv@thebeastie.org) Received: from p4.roq.com (ns1.ecoms.com [207.44.130.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2B7F43D49 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:05:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mv@thebeastie.org) Received: from p4.roq.com (localhost.roq.com [127.0.0.1]) by p4.roq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D74D4D2A3 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:06:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.0.6] (ppp157-158.static.internode.on.net [150.101.157.158]) by p4.roq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 455904D2A2 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:05:20 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <44499D22.3070507@thebeastie.org> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:04:02 +1000 From: Michael Vince User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060213 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: Subject: FreeBSD binary Java and source Java 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: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:05:57 -0000 Hey all, I just wanted to know if there is a difference between the binary supplied Diablo Java and the Java I can build in the ports tree? As in is it a binary because it has source code compiled into it that Sun didn't want the rest of the world to see? or is it just a certified binary of what I could build in the ports tree and is offered for the case of ease and standards? Cheers, Mike