From owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 8 01:53:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA23097 for java-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 01:53:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA23078 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 01:52:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk) Received: from andromeda.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.89.2]; by hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5/S-4.0) with SMTP; id JAA23971; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:52:05 GMT Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:52:29 GMT Message-Id: <199712080952.JAA18899@andromeda> From: Scott Mitchell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Mark Diekhans Cc: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: which JDK to use? In-Reply-To: <199712072013.MAA18882@osprey.grizzly.com> References: <199712072013.MAA18882@osprey.grizzly.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.22 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Mark Diekhans said: > >Hi Niall, > > I have been doing a fair amount Java server development (i.e. not GUI) >on FBSD... > [...] >> - use the Linux port in emulation mode > >This has been working so well for me that I have never found the time >to try the native port. So far, the only problem I had was a JDBC >driver that didn't work. Ditto. The only problem I can see is that linking the JVM with 'native' code (something that I unfortunately need to do) would require building Linux shared libs. Otherwise it works perfectly. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just | 0xE8A64271 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | | -- J. S. Bach.