From owner-freebsd-java Mon Oct 9 6:57:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06F7737B502 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 06:57:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e99DwEr03300 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:58:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:58:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: behanna@zbzoom.net To: FreeBSD-Java Subject: Re: JDK 1.2.2 for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: 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 Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Kwi-Hyun Choi wrote: > Hello, > > >> Ernst de Haan wrote: > >> ppl say that they use the linu-jdk1.2.2 port because the native FreeBSD > >> JDK is not available as a port yet, and that makes me sad ;-( > > Why ppl use linux-jdk1.2.2 port ? > > I compiled jdk1.2.2 for FreeBSD successfully, although that is not safety. > (by http://java.freebsd.org) > > [masterpc@4eva][~]$ java -version > java version "1.2.2" > Classic VM (build jdk1.2.2-FreeBSD:root:2000/10/06-17:58, green threads, > nojit) ^^^^^ Yuck. If a JIT is available, it speeds things up by a factor of ten (at least, that's my experience on Linux with the LINPACK benchmark. I don't know if the speedup would be as dramatic or not on FreeBSD, what with the current lack of kernel threads--I'm not bitching, mind you, just observing). > Then, I have a question. > > Is there any problem if jdk1.2.2-FreeBSD is available as a port ? > > I think that it's better way to make jdk1.2.2 as a port although it's not > safety. > > Is that wrong ? > > I wanna know that what the problem is. -.-a There may be licensing issues. -- 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