Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:29:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Java v1.3 JDK/JRE for FreeBSD v4.x Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009131227430.29026-100000@acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net> In-Reply-To: <200009130045.SAA25992@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Nate Williams wrote:
> > In dealing with the Netscape issue, I was reminded of the latest Java
> > implementation on v1.3 of the JDK/JRE. Has there been effort to
> > add Java JDK/JRE v1.3 to -current or possible -STABLE?!?
>
> Because Java is not open-source, it will never become a default part of
> the FreeBSD OS.
>
> An external port of JDK1.2.2 is in the works, to be followed by a JDK1.3
> release. Followups to freebsd-java.
Just FYI (and I won't continue in this forum), but I've
semi-successfully gotten IBM JDK 1.3.0 for Linux to run on FreeBSD
4.1-STABLE. I've had no luck at all with Sun's version, which is
pretty much hard-wired to run on RedHat, period. It won't even run on
Slackware.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (at yourfit.com)
behanna@zbzoom.net
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