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Date:      Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:42:43 -0400
From:      bdsfbsd@att.net
To:        freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: openjdk vs diablo-jdk
Message-ID:  <op.vepe1hsahtl4zj@ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20100622122650.GA6217@duncan.reilly.home>
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:26:50 -0400, Andrew Reilly <areilly@bigpond.net.au>  
wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 04:58:55PM -0400, bdsfbsd@att.net wrote:
>> I don't get it, how can openjdk bring in diablo-jdk as a dependency yet  
>> be
>> less functional?
>
> It's just a build dependency.  You need to have java in order to
> compile a java that's all written in java...
>
> Cheers,
>

Ahhhh... newbie vocab word of the day.. "build dependency"

It is all so much clearer now, thank you!

Brian



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