From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 19 14:32:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88371065670 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:32:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A128FC13 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:32:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2JEWkgC081874; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:32:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m2JEWkRr081873; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:32:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:32:46 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200803191432.m2JEWkRr081873@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-java User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:32:46 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: JDK ports questions 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: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:32:48 -0000 Hi, This might be a dumb question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. :-) What is the difference between ports/java/diablo-jdk15 and ports/java/jdk15? Which of them should be used? So far I have only used the Sun-blessed binary package from the FreeBSD foundation download page, so I don't know much about the various ports. However, those packages are now quite old, so I would like to build an up-to-date JDK for FreeBSD 7. Which port should be used for that? Thanks for any insight! Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "[...] one observation we can make here is that Python makes an excellent pseudocoding language, with the wonderful attribute that it can actually be executed." -- Bruce Eckel