Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:00:13 -0800 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, tech@nano.net Subject: Re: Java Message-ID: <20061103170012.GA9825@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20061103085316.GB854@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20061102192644.034ef110@nano.net> <20061103085316.GB854@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 07:53:16PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Thu, 2006-Nov-02 19:27:04 -0700, tech@nano.net wrote: > >I never said it was broken, just that the jre in the ports collection was. > >It seems to be looking for something other than itself when you attempt a > >make. Under the circumstances it seems it should be removed? > > ports/java/jre is Java 1.1.8 - which is positively ancient. It is no > longer possible to build it because it depends on FreeBSD 3.x binaries > which in turn rely on the compax3x port which is forbidden due to > multiple security vulnerabilities. > > Yes, it probably should be deleted. There are a number of ports in > a similar condition and they are being cleansed as a low-priority > task by at least one committer. All JDK/JREs earlier than 1.3 need to die. I just haven't had the time to do it yet. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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