From owner-freebsd-java Thu Sep 14 13:22:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net (acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 868DD37B440 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:22:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA33680; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:15:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:15:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: behanna@zbzoom.net To: Martin Hopkins Cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java v1.3 JDK/JRE for FreeBSD v4.x In-Reply-To: <14784.57922.612692.949082@luggage.isltd.insignia.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Martin Hopkins wrote: > >>>>> "Chris" == Chris BeHanna writes: > > Chris> 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. > > Chris> Just FYI (and I won't continue in this forum), but I've > Chris> semi-successfully gotten IBM JDK 1.3.0 for Linux to run on FreeBSD > Chris> 4.1-STABLE. I've had no luck at all with Sun's version, which is > Chris> pretty much hard-wired to run on RedHat, period. It won't even run on > Chris> Slackware. > > Are you refering to Sun's jdk-1.3-RC1. Yes. > If so I downloaded the sh > archive last night and it seems to run on 4.1-STABLE (very limited > testing).. I do get a "cannot uninstall alt signal stack warning" on > exit. The only thing I've changed is > > > --- bin/.java_wrapper~ Mon Aug 28 08:36:50 2000 > +++ bin/.java_wrapper Wed Sep 13 19:35:08 2000 > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > -#!/bin/sh > +#!/compat/linux/bin/sh > > # > # @(#)java_wrapper_linux.sh 1.8 00/05/19 Very interesting. > Are you refering to the RPM distribution? I was referring to the gzipped tarball. -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (at yourfit.com) behanna@zbzoom.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message