Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:30:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Sujal Patel <smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu> To: Vlad <roubtsov@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: javac, jdk etc Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960828222814.176D-100000@xi.omniscient.com> In-Reply-To: <199608290435.XAA01960@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu>
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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Vlad wrote: > (1) I install all three ports (netscape3, jdk-1.0.2, and javac_netscape) > with little trouble (I have to modify the Makefiles for netscape3 port to > have the latest version of netscape as well as java_30 instead of moz...what- > ever.zip installed). Netscape as a browser runs Ok, I can see applets (including > some I've written myself in Solaris JDK), but javac always fails with this > message: > Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread The javac_netscape port hasn't actually worked correctly since early Netscape 3.0 betas or Netscape 2.0(2?) > (2)Is JDK really necessary ? Why are the files installed by jdk port > required, seeing that they are for Solaris after all ? The files that it installs from the Solaris JDK are needed, they are actually interpreted by the Java virtual machine. Instead of using javac_netscape (unless you dig up a version of Netscape that works), I would suggest you get the "kaffe" port. It will allow you to do what you want (but it still has some bugs). Sujal
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