From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 4 11:20:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51D0C16A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:20:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DF6D43D2F for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:20:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i24JKdhA001319 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:20:39 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i24JKd09001318; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:20:39 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:20:39 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Scott Merritt Message-ID: <20040304192039.GA1159@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Scott Merritt , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <40476EAF.6070006@smerritt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40476EAF.6070006@smerritt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040304, clamav-milter version 0.67j cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPARC-64 & JDK 1.3 or better X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 19:20:46 -0000 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 10:00:15AM -0800, Scott Merritt wrote: > I'd prefer to run JDK 1.4 ... Is the best advice to wait around until=20 > something becomes more solid, or is there something out there that I=20 > should be looking at? Is using the Linux compatibility the way to go=20 > and just get the JDK from Sun directly? Doesn't this require I use some= =20 > patches or something? jdk-1.4.2 is available, and it is the best version of Java available, certainly on FreeBSD/i386. However, there's the rub: it only works on i386 architecture - same deal I think for any of the available JDKs, except linux-blackdown-jdk13: % cd /usr/ports/java % grep ONLY_FOR_ARCH *jdk*/Makefile diablo-jdk13/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 jdk11/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 jdk12/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 jdk13/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 jdk14/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 linux-blackdown-jdk12/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 linux-blackdown-jdk13/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D arm i386 ppc sparc linux-blackdown-jdk14/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 linux-ibm-jdk13/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 linux-ibm-jdk14/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 linux-sun-jdk12/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 linux-sun-jdk13/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 linux-sun-jdk14/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 linux-sun-jdk15/Makefile:ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386 Quite honestly, and much as it pains me to say it, if you want to use your E420R to do Java stuff, and especially if you need jdk 1.4.2 or above, then you'll be much better off putting Solaris on it. Eventually the Java support will be extended to all platforms, but you could be waiting quite some time for it. Try asking on the freebsd-java@ list about support for other architectures than IA32. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAR4GHdtESqEQa7a0RArFPAJ9OhjHLc7seuuRaPJDtSvboQ89TGACdHiHQ slYsTsbfbl12gefB4/GZEZs= =DAeX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--