From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 9 15:08:04 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 E293216A526 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:08:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (gerbercreations.com [71.39.140.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 410C743D82 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:07:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k59F7hvk049267; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:07:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id k59F7ewl049266; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:07:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:07:39 -0700 From: Greg Lewis To: Brian Clapper Message-ID: <20060609150739.GA49222@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <4760568.post@talk.nabble.com> <4488E99E.6050709@clapper.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4488E99E.6050709@clapper.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org 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 15:08:05 -0000 On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 11:23:10PM -0400, Brian Clapper wrote: > 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. FWIW, 4.7 may be too old for 1.4.2 or 1.5.0. At the very least you may have to patch and rebuild libc_r to get it to work. I can't recall exactly when the changes to it were made, but it was around that time frame. 4.8 definitely has them in, but you may as well upgrade to 4.11 if you need to update the box (which may be a good idea for other reasons). -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org