From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 12 14:27:31 2003 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 17D2D37B401 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:27:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BF3D43F3F for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:27:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3CLRKv3025938; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 09:27:21 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3CLRK1D025937; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 09:27:20 +1200 (NZST) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 09:27:20 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Joachim Dagerot Message-ID: <20030412212720.GA25827@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <200304122106.h3CL6jk07166@thunder.trej.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304122106.h3CL6jk07166@thunder.trej.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting any jdk to work with latest freeBSD isimpossible? 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: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:27:31 -0000 On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 11:06:45PM +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: > I'm very new to freeBSD (installed it this week). I do have some > experience with linux and I'm comfortable with java. > > I don't know anything about patches, kernals etc. > > I have tried to install jdk14 and jdk13. > All to be found in my /usr/ports/java/. > > I have followed all instructions on screen about downloading from sun > and getting a patch from eyesbeyond (or whatever it was called). > > > On jdk14 I get this errormessage: > LIBC_R TEST FAILED: libc_r update required > *** Error code 1 This means that your FreeBSD *isnt'* the latest. You need to upgrade to 4.8-RELEASE. Without various changes made to the system libraries, you won't be able to run JDK1.4 correctly. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the remaining 3%?