Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 10:21:11 +0200 From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: open jdk7 marked "FORBIDDEN" Message-ID: <52CBB8F7.5060709@matrix.gatewaynet.com> In-Reply-To: <1388798626990-5873612.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <21189.33585.949509.38005@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <52C58E85.8030501@freebsd.org> <1388798626990-5873612.post@n5.nabble.com>
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On 04/01/2014 03:23, ari wrote: >> The 'nasty FreeBSD bug' is that running the latest OpenJDK 6 or 7 will >> cause pretty much all version of FreeBSD back to 8.0 to instantly >> reboot. This is actually a FreeBSD kernel bug. >> Watch the freebsd-announce@... list -- there will be at least an Errata >> notice for all supported releases. > > I understand the desire to protect people from bad effects, but this lockout > of every Java port (since everything pretty much depends on openjdk) is > quite extreme. Can we please have some more information about: > > * the nature of the bug > * how far back do we have to revert openjdk7 to avoid the problem > > I've got a huge reliance on Java on production servers and this makes me > very nervous. I also had planned an upgrade from FreeBSD 9.0 to 9.2 on a > server today and this can't go ahead since I cannot install an updated > openjdk. > > If this is an obscure bug which is in all versions of the openjdk against > all versions of freebsd, could someone please revert the FORBIDDEN flag on > these ports, since its only effect is to: > > * make users believe that FreeBSD is not a good platform for Java > * stop users from upgrading from any previous versions of Java, or otherwise > update systems > > If this is a serious problem only in the latest version of Java (eg. > 1.7.0_45) then can we revert the port to a known working version? > > > At any rate, more information would be great since I've already got 1.7.0_45 > in production on a couple of machines and I need to know what to look out > for. > Agree 100%. Better revert java 6/7 to stable ports rather than create this extreme impression along with the negative psychological effect it might have. > Thanks > Ari > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/open-jdk7-marked-FORBIDDEN-tp5873171p5873612.html > Sent from the freebsd-java mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Achilleas Mantzios
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