Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:58:16 +0800 From: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: building jdk1.4 natively on FreeBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20041122104449.03062eb0@202.179.0.80> In-Reply-To: <20041121124903.GA47942@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.c o.uk> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041121193926.03057100@202.179.0.80> <20041121124903.GA47942@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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At 08:49 PM 11/21/2004, you wrote: >On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 07:47:00PM +0800, Ganbold wrote: > > > I would like to install jdk1.4 natively on FreeBSD 5.3. > > I know there is a way to install jdk1.4 on FreeBSD using linux emulation > > and linux procfs and I installed jdk1.4 before in such way. > > Right now I would like to install jdk1.4 natively on FreeBSD 5.3 without > > any linux emulation. > > How can I build jdk1.4 natively? Is it possible? > > If it is not possible, is there any plan to make native port of jdk1.4 or > > jdk1.5 soon? > >In order to build JDK 1.4.2 you need a working JDK 1.4.x to compile >everything. As things stand, that means at some point you have to use >a Linux JDK to do an initial compilation. Once you've compiled the >JDK one time using the Linux emulation, you can discard the linux bits >and use your native JDK to compile any updates -- in fact, the >java/jdk14 port will automatically use a preexisting native JDK 1.4.x >in preference to a linux one. I see. So it means that after jdk1.4 installation I can discard linux emulation and linux procfs. Am I understanding right? >You can also take an installed native JDK 1.4.2 and create a package >out of it -- read about the '-b' option in pkg_create(1), which you >can then copy onto another system and install there. Note that you >can only do this to install a native JDK *on your own systems*. Be >careful however, as the terms of the Sun Community Source License are >very strict about not permitting redistribution. OK, I see. I will try to make package some time later on. >Making a native port requires negotiating a license with Sun before it >would be legal to distribute the port. That means getting the port to >a state where it can formally pass Sun's compliance tests (which I >think the java/jdk14 port can do at the moment), and then getting the >lawyers to argue over the details. All that costs money -- penny-ante >stuff for most corporations, but a significant burden for a volunteer >project like FreeBSD. ie. Needs a donor with deep pockets. Yes, I understand there is licensing issue around Java. >A java/jdk15 port couldn't be created until JDK 5.0[1] was released >under the SCSL (or another more userfriendly license as is >consistently rumoured to be about to happen). JDK 5.0 is now >available (as of this month) under the SCSL or the JRL (Java Research >License) -- so I guess there are a few FreeBSD developers busily >working on making it compile and run under FreeBSD. That's not a >trivial task, and you'll just have to wait until they have something >in good enough shape to release. From just a cursory reading, the JRL >seems to me to be slightly more friendly than the SCSL for individual >or academic use, and can permit redistribution in binary format given >that all users agree to abide by the terms of the JRL. Anyway it would be nice if FreeBSD will support native versions of jdk1.4 or jdk1.5 in future. I'm a big fan of FreeBSD and I don't want to use linux with java. The only reason I want to use java on FreeBSD is tomcat and develop some jsp/servlets. I could use jdk1.3 on FreeBSD 4.x, but jdk1.3 lacks some methods and class. > Cheers, > > Matthew Thanks for answering my email. regards, Ganbold >[1] Would anyone within reach please smack Sun's marketing department >for interfering with the version numbering please? > >-- >Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way >PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow >Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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