Re: FreeBSD port of JDK

[Jonathan Chen <jonc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Archie Cobbs wrote:

>
> Hi..
>
> I want to create a FreeBSD port for JDK 1.1.? based on whatever
> the latest and greatest set of (manually applied) patches is.
>
> Then you could create the corresponding FreeBSD package, making it
> easy to quickly get the JDK up and running on other FreeBSD machines
> (this assumes you already have the source from Sun of course).
>
> Can someone recommend what the 'latest and greatest' set of FreeBSD
> patches is (and which version of JDK they are for)? Any gotchas?

Well, Alex Boisvert has just made a port for JDK 1.1.2, which is in
beta at the moment and is currently available for use at:

    ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/jdk1.1.2-fbsd1.tgz.good

and he's planning to release the diffs probably after Christmas. If you're
in a hurry, there's always kwhite's port for JDK 1.1-Final (ie 1.1.0)
at:

    http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kwhite/javaport.html

If you're interested in making a port to JDK 1.1.5, remember to post
your progress about your effort here. I'm sure you'll be able to get
several other people to help you with it.

Cheers.
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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