From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 9 03:22:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73CDF16A419 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 03:22:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmc@clapper.org) Received: from wildbean.clapper.org (wildbean.clapper.org [216.158.26.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4772A43D93 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 03:22:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bmc@clapper.org) Received: from condor.inside.clapper.org (condor.inside.clapper.org [172.16.87.5]) by wildbean.clapper.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k593Mmlp039807 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 23:22:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sunball.inside.clapper.org (sunball.inside.clapper.org [172.16.87.9]) by condor.inside.clapper.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k593MmAB075479 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 23:22:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (sunball.inside.clapper.org [127.0.0.1]) by sunball.inside.clapper.org (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k593NAVO002025 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 23:23:11 -0400 Message-ID: <4488E99E.6050709@clapper.org> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:23:10 -0400 From: Brian Clapper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org References: <4760568.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <4760568.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.2/1522/Thu Jun 8 11:54:38 2006 on condor.inside.clapper.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.7 and Java JRE X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:22:59 -0000 On 06/07/06 17:05, overcanada wrote: > I have a server with FeeBSD 4.7 and require a Java Runtime Environment. > FreeBSD.org offers only JRE 1.5. > www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml > Will it work on my server running FreeBSD 4.7? If not where can I download a > Java JRE version that will install and work on my FreeBSD server? I need to > install Java JRE 1.4.2 as a minimum. You can build either 1.5.0 or 1.4.2 from ports easily enough. I've been using JDK 1.4.2 and JDK 1.5.0 (both built from ports) on a 4.11-RELEASE server for awhile now, and they both seem to work fine for me. Your mileage may vary, of course. -- Brian Clapper, http://www.clapper.org/bmc/