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Date:      Wed, 21 May 2008 21:33:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:      "Bjoern Koenig" <bkoenig@alpha-tierchen.de>
To:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /usr/local/jdk1.6.0/src.zip
Message-ID:  <49790.192.168.1.2.1211398398.squirrel@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de>
In-Reply-To: <200805211413.m4LEDTrm014755@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200805211413.m4LEDTrm014755@lurza.secnetix.de>

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Hello Oliver,

> After installing JDK 1.6, there's a file "src.zip"
> in /usr/local/jdk1.6.0.  The file's size is 18 MB.
>
> Is that file required for correct operation of the
> JDK, or can it be safely deleted?

>From /usr/local/jdk1.6.0/README.html:

"(In src.zip) Java programming language source files for all classes that
make up the Java core API [...]. This source code is provided for
informational purposes only, to help developers learn and use the Java
programming language."

I think that answers the question. ;-)

Regards
Björn





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