Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:40:09 -0500 From: "Alfred Perlstein" <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu> To: "Nate Williams" <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: so how goes java? Message-ID: <029201bd421c$cd2ae5a0$0600a8c0@win95.local.sunyit.edu>
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>> I'm kinda stuck here, i've got the latest version of the FreeBSD JDK from >> http://www.freebsd.org/java but it won't let me install the BDK (java beans >> devel kit) i was wondering if anyone has had success? > >You'd be alot better off sending this to freebsd-java. In any case, I'm >looking at this right now. The BDK that I have requires you to unpack >it under Solaris (it has Solaris binaries in it), so one of the problems >is due to that. > >> bascally the VM crashes right after the splashscreen comes up for the >> installer program, if anyone is interested i have a dump of what goes wrong, >> it is always the same and always happens at the same point. > >How did you get it to use the FreeBSD jre? > i guess it was wrong, but i sent mail to java-port yesterday and mail to -hackers just today, still no reponse from java-ports :) anyhow basically to execute the BDK install you just need to: setenv CLASSPATH <path>/<that_ugly_zipfile_you_downloaded> then type: java install interestingly the .zip file seems to be some sort of class archive. on a recent 3.0 system (make world as of last night) it just plains dies right away, but on a 2.2-stable of about Jan. 11th it gets farther but then also dies (makes it to somewhere in the splash screen) both crashes are always the same and easily reproducable on my 2 systems. anyhow i just called javasoft and they had no clue as to what i was talking about so i spent another long while getting irritated by thier site, but i think i found it! w00 h00! so if none of these links peter out i should wind up with the JDK NDA in front of me in a few more clicks... and now i'm expecting a bulk package of java "stuff" in my mailbox as a result of my telephone call (whoops) :) >> oh, and last thing, are the threads implemented by our JDK pre-emptive or >> co-operative? > >They are not pre-emptive. (figures since until recently the SUN version was also co-operative) one of my first things (besides fixing this problem) is to look into native threads, co-operative multitasking is an oxymoron. i also plan on having several snapshots of 3.0 compiled versions of the port. i'll inform the porting team when my NDA is all set and good. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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