From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 14 23:09:34 2003 Return-Path: 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 C789416A4CF for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:09:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp3.euronet.nl (smtp3.euronet.nl [194.134.35.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26DF743D33 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:09:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from znerd@FreeBSD.org) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.168.213]) by smtp3.euronet.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA263A008; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:09:32 +0100 (MET) From: Ernst de Haan To: "Andrew Edwards (Olympic Shaver Centre)" , Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:09:35 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <006201c3c24e$13b8c660$0300a8c0@laptop> In-Reply-To: <006201c3c24e$13b8c660$0300a8c0@laptop> X-Address: Muiderstraat 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312150809.35023.znerd@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: linux-sun-jdk14 port X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 07:09:34 -0000 Andrew, > What are the implications of the current port requesting 1.4.2_02 and Sun > distributing 1.4.2_03? Would a simple rename and ignore the md5 hash work > as nothing is being compiled, merely installed? What needs doing is fetching the distro, remake the checksum, and change the Makefile to deal with the new start of the compressed archive in the .bin file. I'll see to this ASAP. > Looking at distinfo diffs it suggests the port is periodically updated to > match but currently they are showing out of sync. What's the usual lead > time for updates? Usually until somebody notices and sends an email to freebsd-java :-) Ernst