From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 08:51:12 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85F716A4CF for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 08:51:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fly.ebs.gr (fly.ebs.gr [62.103.84.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17D9A43D31 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 08:51:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Received: from ebs.gr (root@hal.ebs.gr [10.1.1.2]) by fly.ebs.gr (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j468p8Tf062600; Fri, 6 May 2005 11:51:08 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Received: from [10.1.1.200] (pptp.ebs.gr [10.1.1.200]) by ebs.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j468p4f9024813; Fri, 6 May 2005 11:51:05 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.0.308 [266.11.5]); Fri, 06 May 2005 11:50:49 +0300 Message-ID: <427B2FE9.1080805@ebs.gr> Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 11:50:49 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas Organization: EBS Ltd. User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kings fool References: <20050506042449.88528.qmail@web54603.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050506042449.88528.qmail@web54603.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running tomcat on freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 08:51:13 -0000 kings fool wrote: > Hi, > > I am really not trying to start a war here but would > like to know the experiences of others running java & > tomcat on freebsd vs linux. > > I have recently become a freebsd convert and am > convined it is superior to linux in most respects. > However in the past I was involved in running tomcat > apps on linux and there were no linux-java issues. > > I am now considering developing and running tomcat > apps on freebsd. But looking at the activity on this > mailing list, it seems that it could be problematic > and time consuming, given the issues with Sun. On > linux i just had to unzip the jdk, set CLASS_PATH and > JAVA_HOME and away I went. > > I am just wondering if it is worth the time and > trouble and if there are constant stability issues to > contend with after you get the java and tomcat ports > installed and runnig. And I am guessing that > upgrading jvms in the future would be a nightmare. > > Does anyone have linux and freebsd java experience to > advise with? > > Thanks. As for upgrading, YMMV, but I've done more than a dozen jdk port installations and upgrades for various systems in recent years and I hadn't had a problem once. As for stability issues, I've had as many jvm crashes as on my Windows systems. Of course when using the exeprimental/alpha/developer's-only jdk15 port then these should be expected, but if you don't care for it, why not use the time-proven jdk14 port? Cheers, Panagiotis