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From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.aceonline.com.au>
To: Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com>
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Subject: Re: Java binary support in FreeBSD ...
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> > I as just wondering if there was any plans to introduce java binary
> > compatibility into the FreeBSD kernel.  Not a java compiler / appletviewer
> > in the KERNEL itself, but something like what LInux does, ie you echo the
> > paths of the java executer and appletview into
> > /proc/sys/kernel/java-interpreter and  ../applet-viewer, and everytime a
> > java binary is run, it runs the appropriate program with the right
> > arguements, and there is your nice java binary running. :)
> 
> If this happens at all, it should probably use sysctl to give the
> interpreter names to the kernel.
>

Well yep, thats how things are done in FreeBSD vs. Linux. And to set stuff
like CLASSPATH, just another sysctl call. 

Note we aren't incoporating the *INTERPRETER* into the kernel, just the
support to RUN the interpreter whenever a java image is executed.

Again, I'll look at the linux source for it tonight.

Adrian