Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 08:48:18 +0300 (EEST) From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail-in.net> To: ernst@jollem.com, sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/26793: New port: java/ibm-jdk Message-ID: <200105110548.IAA33569@ipcard.iptcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20010511002631.A37389@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>
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On Fri, 11 May 2001 00:26:31 +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> Heya Maxim & all,
>
> > > Okay, I tested this JDK and it seems to work, at least with non-graphical
> > > applications. I tested it with Ant and javadoc, and it runs without any big
> > > problems. Only things I noticed are:
> > >
> > > * When starting 'java' the program gives a warning about not being able to
> > > determine the number of processors. This looks like a linuxulator 'problem'.
> > > Should I submit this as a new PR ?
> >
> > This problem is actually has been fixed about several months ago.
> > The problem is that IBM's jdk uses /proc fs to determine number of
> > processors in a very funny way: by counting how many "bogomips"
> > strings are in the /proc/cpuinfo. Pretty innovative way to get
> > hw.ncpu, isn't it :-). FreeBSD doesn't have a /proc/cpuinfo, therefore
> > you have to mount linprocfs into /compat/proc to get rid of this
> > warning. Alternatively, just copy cpuinfo file into /compat/proc from a
> > linux box near you.
>
> Hmm, okay. So perhaps the port should depend on linprocfs.
I do not see how it could be technically done. linprocfs
is in the base system, not in ports, so you can't just use
appropriate RUN_DEPENDS. Perhaps the most reasonable
way is to add appropriate PKGMESSAGE, so the user will
be advised to load/mount linprocfs before using ibm-jdk.
> > > My suggestion: Make sure the name of the port is more specific (for example
> > > 'linux-ibm-jdk1.3' instead of 'ibm-jdk'), make the name of the install
> > > directory more specific ('linux-ibm-jdk1.3.0' instead of 'ibmjdk1.3.0') and
> > > then submit this port for inclusion in the tree. It's good enough for testing
> > > and further improvement IMO.
> >
> > Looks like a nice plan.
>
> Okay, so it seems the original creator of the port is not available at the
> moment. What do you say I create a new shar file, based on his work, and add
> it to the PR ? I'd apply the suggestions I made myself, and make the port
> depend on linprocfs.
>
> Or should I wait a little longer for the original creator to respond ?
Yes, please give him some more time. Usually 1-2 weeks
is a resonable timeout.
-Maxim
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