From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 07:09:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A3216A400 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:09:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@samplonius.org) Received: from ly.sdf.com (ly.sdf.com [216.113.193.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C35E13C48E for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:09:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@samplonius.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ly.sdf.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3CA0114447; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:12:17 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Score: -3.995 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.995 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.404, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from ly.sdf.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ly.sdf.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 63oQnUdKIYcJ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:12:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from ly.sdf.com (ly.sdf.com [216.113.193.83]) by ly.sdf.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 024FF114446; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:12:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <17636875.541173251534927.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:12:14 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius To: Juergen Nickelsen In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [216.113.193.85] Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: Problems installing JDK 1.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:09:52 -0000 ----- "Juergen Nickelsen" wrote: ... > But indeed I was ignorant of the diablo port. What is the relation > between these two ports anyway? I do not really get the difference, > in spite of . ... There are some license restrictions on distribution of jdk binaries. In order to be distributable, jdk binaries need to pass Sun's test suite (TCK). So the Diablo binary passes, and is distributation. The port, is just source, and does not require testing. A binary built from the port may or may not pass, depending on the current state of development. There can be regressions as things change in the OS, and linked in packages. The jdk has a fair number of dependencies, so it is pretty easy to blow-up a jdk build. Some of the developers on the FreeBSD java list have the TCK, and can tell if you if the port would pass the TCK. And you should really be asking about this on the FreeBSD java list, as they are constantly making changes to the port, and dependencies. Tom