From owner-freebsd-java Thu Apr 19 2: 2:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2417A37B423 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 02:02:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <2TM2CJGP>; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:02:41 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9B5E@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: 'j mckitrick' Cc: 'FreeBSD Java mailing list' Subject: RE: problems with jdk1.2 beta? Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:02:40 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Jonathan, > > i need java 1.2 for school, and someone told me it was easy > to install, so i > gave it a try. i already have 1.1, so i ran the 1.2 port, > and it complained > that there is no 'solaris' directory during the pre-patch > copy. i changed it to 'linux' in the makefile, then patch failed. > Sun's download procedure is stupid and their web site is slooow (yes, I'm in a bad mood). There are two "download" links next to the 1.2.2 source. The top one goes to the Linux-only source, which is what you downloaded and the bottom one goes to the proper sources. Get that one. > > I D/Led the latest source file, but it was NOT named what the > makefile said > to look for. But it was all Sun had. was this the wrong thing to do? > Yes, it was, but it's easy to redo right. :) Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message