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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:30:01 +1000
From:      Joe <joe.shevland@horizonti.com>
To:        Devadas Patil <dpatil@cisco.com>
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: jre for free BSD
Message-ID:  <35AD4989.F304F423@horizonti.com>
References:  <01bdb04d$7449b5c0$9f4247ab@dpatil-pc.cisco.com>

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> Devadas Patil wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I downloaded jre1.1.5i.V98-2-25.tar.gz from www.freebsd.org/java. I
> have the following questions:
> 
> 1. Is this the real JRE for BSD?  If not, where is the real JRE for
> free BSD located?

This Java Runtime Environment is the 'official' FreeBSD one (correct me
if I'm wrong anyone). It works well and I haven't noticed any problems
at all (apart from a few AWT things under X).

> 2. when I try to use tar zxvpf ... on the above downloadit does not
> extract all files; tar gives a message that it is skipping the next
> header.  Is there a remedy for this?
> 
> WIth best regards,
> Devadas Patil
> 

Sounds like its not a .tar.gz, but I could be wrong. 

-- 
Joe Shevland    Horizon Technologies International

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