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From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail-in.net>
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Subject: Re: ports/26793: New port: java/ibm-jdk
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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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