Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:37:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, osa@etrust.ru, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What about jdk-1.1.6 for FreeBSD-3.0-ELF ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810031434210.362-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199810031447.IAA25091@mt.sri.com>
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On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Nate Williams wrote: > > > > I successfully downloaded jdk1.1.6.V98-9-23.tar.gz > > > > But... its in a.out? > > > > What about ELF? > > > > > > Until an ELF Motif library shows up, there won't be an ELF JDK. Note, > > > it's really not that big of a deal unless you're doing JNI since it will > > > work fine as a.out. > > > > I'm afraid we will still face a problem here. The jdk links > > dynamically to libc, but as I understand Satoshi there will be no > > about libs shipped with 3.0. > > Sure there will. It just won't be in the 'default' distribution, but it > will require folks to install the 'compatability' libraries. > > > Anyway, the C compiler in FreeBSD-3.0 will still be able to produce > > about object files. So JNI will be useable with an aout JDK. > > Right, but this is less than optimal. I'm taking from this that not having a Motif lib in elf is dragging things back. I'm totally non-suprised (I've been nagging XiG to get by personal favorite one done for a while now). I would hope that, when someone _does_ find a vendor of Motif in ELF, there will be a quick announcement on the lists ... don't consider it advertising, we _need_ this. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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