Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 18:22:22 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: bdsfbsd@att.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java plugin with Firefox 3.6 Message-ID: <AANLkTimd_hadYkA0PK-YNRkA6yfGX83edz4JpweyutXa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.vdzjd6l4htl4zj@ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu> References: <20100607104630.EA5FA1065741@hub.freebsd.org> <20100608003222.A27982@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20100607160834.6f34972f@scorpio> <73E194E2-9945-4733-AFBA-4591CEAB8790@mac.com> <op.vdzjd6l4htl4zj@ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu>
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On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:19 PM, <bdsfbsd@att.net> wrote: > Firefox 3.6 needs Java 6 Update 10. [1] > > For now, as a newbie, I generally try not to install anything not in the > ports collection. From there you can find some JREs, but none are at Update > 10, including Linux emulation. [2] At this time, the highest I see there is > diablo-jre-1.6.0.07.02_8. > > That's okay, I really wanted the full JDK anyway, so I look for that. [3] > There appears to be four flavors available; diablo-jdk, openjdk, jdk and > linux-sun-jdk: > > diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9 > openjdk-7.0.86 (requires diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9) > jdk-1.6.0.3p4_15 (requires diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9, and is "based on > 1.6.0_03 (aka 6u3)") > linux-sun-jdk-1.6.0.20 The problem is that java/jdk16 hasn't been updated for a LONG time. I gave up hope that it will be updated, and I've had to install java/openjdk6 instead, just to be able to start Freenet (from http://freenetproject.org/), because Freenet wouldn't start otherwise due to some big XML vulnerability in our old not yet updated java/jdk16. Maybe the problem is similar with Firefox 3.6? > It looks like the Linux version is the only one up-to-date enough for > Firefox 3.6. Would that only work with the Linux version of Firefox 3.6? If > so, then one must go outside of the ports collection to get it. [4] At this > time, the highest version I see in ports is linux-firefox-devel-3.5.9. > > > I suspect the best thing to do would be to go with a current JDK and an > older version of (native) Firefox, and not upgrade Firefox until the JDK > version gets to Java 6 Update 10, allowing the JDK to upgrade naturally > along with the rest of keeping my system up to date. If folks in-the-know > around here agree with that, I'll probably start a new thread 'Which JDK?', > as I find that confusing. > > Thanks, > Brian -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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