From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 3 17:00:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30BF016A407 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 17:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (gerbercreations.com [71.39.140.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A43E443D45 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 17:00:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.1/8.13.3) with ESMTP id kA3H0EDp010024; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:00:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.1/8.13.3/Submit) id kA3H0DLn010023; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:00:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:00:13 -0800 From: Greg Lewis To: Peter Jeremy Message-ID: <20061103170012.GA9825@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20061102192644.034ef110@nano.net> <20061103085316.GB854@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061103085316.GB854@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, tech@nano.net Subject: Re: Java X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:00:16 -0000 On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 07:53:16PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Thu, 2006-Nov-02 19:27:04 -0700, tech@nano.net wrote: > >I never said it was broken, just that the jre in the ports collection was. > >It seems to be looking for something other than itself when you attempt a > >make. Under the circumstances it seems it should be removed? > > ports/java/jre is Java 1.1.8 - which is positively ancient. It is no > longer possible to build it because it depends on FreeBSD 3.x binaries > which in turn rely on the compax3x port which is forbidden due to > multiple security vulnerabilities. > > Yes, it probably should be deleted. There are a number of ports in > a similar condition and they are being cleansed as a low-priority > task by at least one committer. All JDK/JREs earlier than 1.3 need to die. I just haven't had the time to do it yet. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org