From owner-freebsd-java Tue Dec 22 07:31:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03634 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:31:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03595; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:31:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.1/8.9.1) id QAA43176; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:30:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des) To: Nate Williams Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG, java-port@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JDK1.1.7.V98-12-21 released References: <199812220541.WAA04451@mt.sri.com> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 22 Dec 1998 16:30:55 +0100 In-Reply-To: Nate Williams's message of "Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:41:04 -0700" Message-ID: Lines: 22 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nate Williams writes: > This is merely a bugfix release. The JDK now has fixes for all bugs > specific to the FreeBSD port. (JDK bugs shared with the Solaris port > still exist...) Thanks go to Keith White who provided most of the > bugfixes for this release. > [...] I have a few suggestions about the port: 1) install the source code under ${PREFIX}/jdk1.1.7/src instead of leaving it packed 2) symlink ${PREFIX}/jdk1.1.7 to ${PREFIX}/java 3) after installing the port, display (or point to a README containing) instructions for setting PATH and CLASSPATH correctly: ${PREFIX}/java/bin should be added to the PATH, and the CLASSPATH should be set to ${PREFIX}/lib/classes.zip:. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message