From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 11 02:40:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8746016A4CE for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 02:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF41D43D46 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 02:40:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i3B9ejF4074593 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:40:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3B9ejLe074588 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:40:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:40:45 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040411094045.GF70330@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <407926CD.70708@farmerstel.com> <20040411000627.GA79303@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <20040411070450.GA1143@grint.int.nln.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gdTfX7fkYsEEjebm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040411070450.GA1143@grint.int.nln.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040407, clamav-milter version 0.70g Subject: Re: java X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 09:40:50 -0000 --gdTfX7fkYsEEjebm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 11:04:51AM +0400, Ruslan N. Gogunsci wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 12:06:27PM +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 06:06:53AM -0500, nathan owens wrote: > > > Should i get 4.9 or 5.2.1 if i want java? > >=20 > > Java 1.4 is officially supported on 4.9, but it should work on 5.2.1 > > with a couple of tweaks. > I use Java 1.4 on 5.2.1 without problems, but I use it for simple programs > and didn't try for biggest programs. Actually, you need Java 1.4 or above on 5.2.1 -- recent testing via the package building system on bento has turned up some errors when trying to use java 1.3.1 under 5.x, and they're going to move to 1.4.2 as the default JDK. Certainly the pre-compiled JDK 1.3.1 or JRE 1.3.1 packages from the FreeBSD Foundation won't work properly on 5.x. If you decide to go with Java 1.4.2 (on either 4.x or 5.x) be aware that you're going to have to jump through hoops in order to download the java sources and the FreeBSD patchsets (all in order to comply with the terms of the Sun Community Source License) and then you're going to have to compile the whole JDK yourself. Doing that via the ports is simple enough, but it takes a lot of time and system resources. Also you need to temporarily install one of the Linux JDK 1.4.x packages to bootstrap the compilation process. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --gdTfX7fkYsEEjebm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAeRKddtESqEQa7a0RAh/3AJ4pmf1DNgBOni8ZPmt4C4PIhnloKQCeLniS 5shIktxcZhM6NL4iX74fXCM= =P5W6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gdTfX7fkYsEEjebm--