native jdk-1.4.2 on FreeBSD/amd64?
Alexey Zelkin
phantom at FreeBSD.org.ua
Mon Feb 21 01:08:21 PST 2005
hi,
On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 06:48:44PM +0800, Clarence Chu wrote:
> hi there,
>
> i have not an amd64 yet, but i'm planning to have it soon.
>
> i donno whether it's possible to use the linux-jdk14 to bootstrap and
> compile a native jdk-1.4.2 on freebsd/amd64.
>
> 'cos javac on jdk15 default to -source 1.5 -target 1.5 while
> jdk14 default to -source 1.3 -target 1.3.
>
> also, the unavailability of java-plugins and javaws on jdk15 made me
> think thrice to switch to amd64.
There's no jdk 1.4.2 for FreeBSD/amd64, so only choice to go with
native FreeBSD/amd64 -- is jdk15. But actually, I not sure if we'll
have java plugin for amd64 -- Sun's sources restrict possiblity
build of plugin for 32bit systems only -- so it's issue of separate
research.
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