Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:18:11 +1000 From: Michael Vince <mv@roq.com> To: Russell Francis <rfrancis@ev.net> Cc: Stefan <stefan@sf-net.com>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JDK binary without X Message-ID: <4437AA03.6090607@roq.com> In-Reply-To: <44379918.3070404@ev.net> References: <C769752C-B110-4480-882F-D5D10CF3026A@sf-net.com> <20060408032859.U947@ganymede.hub.org> <CE201DFE-3345-4AA8-8CE4-9A2455227121@sf-net.com> <44379918.3070404@ev.net>
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Russell Francis wrote: >Stefan wrote: > > >>>packages are generally built based on 'most common situation', vs >>>'least' ... even the 'build your own version' in ports defaults to >>>building with X, and you have to explicitly tell it not to ... >>> >>> >>> >>Your right. Now I try to install via ports.... >> >>How can I explicitly tell to not intsall the jdk15-port with >>x-libraries? I only saw three options: >>WITH_DEBUG >>WITH_IPV6 >>WITHOUT_WEB >> >> > >I may be mistaken about this, but wouldn't not building with x-libraries >make fairly large parts of the Java runtime environment ie java.awt.* & >java.swing.* broken? > >If this is true, why would you want this? I suspect that many Java >applications make use of functionality within these name-spaces even if >they don't seem to be an "X based" application? > > Some people just want to use it for a Tomcat server. A lot of people put something like 'export CATALINA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true' to disable it as its just extra things they don't have to worry about. Mike
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