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Date:      Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:47:38 -0800
From:      Bill Huey <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org>
To:        Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
Cc:        Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, Alex <akruijff@dds.nl>, Andrew Reilly <areilly@bigpond.net.au>, Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Java for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20020213194738.GA3598@gnuppy.monkey.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10202131435050.18858-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
References:  <20020214053946.B60507@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10202131435050.18858-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>

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On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 02:40:20PM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> But once you have it bootstrapped, you don't need the Linux
> JDK port.  Why don't you provide a native JDK as a bootstrap
> and depend on that?

It's just a formality.

If you can look at the build environment and find the bootstrap
variable, you can then make it point to the previously built
native J2SE.

> Take a look at ports/lang/gnat.  You need an Ada compiler to
> build the Ada compiler.  I provide a native bootstrap compiler
> so if the port builder doesn't have a previous Ada compiler
> installed, it will download the bootstrap compiler and use it
> (from the work directory, so it get's cleaned right along with
> everything else).
>
> Dan Eischen

It's not that hard to do. It might be cool to provide instructions
for doing so, but it's up to a person with the free time to do this.

[/me blasting an old Iron Maiden album... "Run To The Hills !!!!"]

;-)

bill


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