Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:13:45 +0100 From: Juergen Nickelsen <ni@jnickelsen.de> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@samplonius.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems installing JDK 1.5 Message-ID: <E99CF3E9-CD93-46F2-BD41-322929722031@jnickelsen.de> In-Reply-To: <17636875.541173251534927.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com> References: <17636875.541173251534927.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com>
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On 07. Mrz 2007, at 8:12, Tom Samplonius wrote: > 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. I see. Thanks for the clarification! Regards, Juergen.
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