Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 02:06:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: openjdk-7.45.18_1 is forbidden: Triggering a nasty FreeBSD bug. Message-ID: <la55v4$afu$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <52C5ADFB.9040207@gmail.com> <la4pbe$1da$1@ger.gmane.org> < 52C604E1.7020106@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:31:29 -0500, Stephen Cook wrote: > On 1/2/2014 5:31 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 13:20:43 -0500, Stephen Cook wrote: >> >>> Hello! >>> >>> I'm trying to install OpenJDK and it gives me this error: >>> openjdk-7.45.18_1 is forbidden: Triggering a nasty FreeBSD >>> bug. >>> >>> I'm fairly new to FreeBSD and I'm not sure where to go from here. Can >>> I try an earlier version or something? Googling it lead me to a >>> pastebin page with mention of removing "FORBIDDEN" from the makefile >>> if you know what you are doing, but unfortunately I don't. >>> >>> Or can anyone recommend some other Java port? My main purpose at the >>> moment is to screw around with a Minecraft server, although I have >>> some other more important (but less amusing) reasons to have Java on >>> my system in the near future. >>> >> As a fellow newbie, my instinct is just to wait, rather than screwing >> around. They don't usually take long, and I prefer to err on the side >> of caution. >> >> BTW, someone mentioned openjdk6, but that's marked as forbidden too. >> >> > I can't find what the actual bug is... I mean, if it will just make > Minecraft unstable it is no big deal, I want to play with my kid. If it > erases the hard drive or lights something on fire I can wait. > Well, if you want to risk it, just edit /usr/ports/java/openjdk7/Makefile and delete the "FORBIDDEN=" line.
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