From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 09:03:24 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 8F7AB16A4CF for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 09:03:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 263AB43D88 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 09:03:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pergesu@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 9so448093nzo for ; Fri, 06 May 2005 02:03:23 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=dXi0+TdeZaPhHJTIakGO18ipaKqZ/r33jvHGQCmrrL7qokyvYwgbujYk/qcm6X9r8gTeYN9YyFTPx+7jcB479wSeEzuZmVMcmhxF4M4KxOgvJ84HVqo1SOH0s2Y2a+KKxXw06X2fd2XdlBQGS/Jxcu25O1d9MiipH69houWd6/U= Received: by 10.36.88.19 with SMTP id l19mr545440nzb; Fri, 06 May 2005 02:03:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.48.9 with HTTP; Fri, 6 May 2005 02:03:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <810a540e05050602032c3ab233@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 03:03:23 -0600 From: Pat Maddox To: FreeBSD Java In-Reply-To: <427B2FE9.1080805@ebs.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050506042449.88528.qmail@web54603.mail.yahoo.com> <427B2FE9.1080805@ebs.gr> Subject: Re: running tomcat on freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pat Maddox List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 09:03:24 -0000 I've run both Tomcat and JBoss on JDK14 for a couple months now. Been very stable so far. On 5/6/05, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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? >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Panagiotis >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >