installing java....

[Ted Stodgell]

Jens Augustenborg wrote:
> How do I actually use the patch-files - the BUILD-file (from |
> http://www.eyesbeyond.com
> <http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk14.html>) |is all greek to

Ports doesn't automatically get the source and patches because the Sun
Community Source License (SCSL) requires human interaction (i.e. you
have to scroll thru a EULA and click "ok").  Since the automated nature
of ports doesn't satisfy the SCSL, you have to manually fetch the
required files.

However, once you've acquired those files, ports handles everything
(almost) automatically.

Per the distinfo, you need 3 files: j2sdk-1_4_2-src-scsl.zip,
j2sdk-1_4_2-bin-scsl.zip and bsd-jdk14-patches-7.tar.gz.

1. Point a web browser at
http://wwws.sun.com/software/java2/download.html.  Agree to Sun's
community license agreement and download the following and put it all in
/usr/ports/distfiles:
	j2sdk-1_4_2-bin-scsl.zip
	j2sdk-1_4_2-src-scsl.zip

2. Download bsd-jdk14-patches-7.tar.gz from eyesbeyond.com and put it in
/usr/ports/distfiles too.

3. Now, read the makefile. It has some nice options you might be
interested in.  Ports makefiles can be pretty cool.

If you already have a valid native jdk version 1.4.1 or newer, ports
will use that JDK to build your new jdk.

Otherwise, ports will depend on a Linux bootstrap jdk to build the
native one, which means it will first build linux-sun-jdk14.  Take note
of linux-sun-jdk14/pkg-message!  Assuming you're running a kernel with
linux binary compat, all you need to do is add a linprocfs entry to
/etc/fstab and kldload linprocfs.  I'm not 100% sure, but the make
process in ports might even attempt to do this for you
automatically...it's been a while.  Once linux-sun-jdk14 has served its
purpose of building jdk-14, you _may_ choose to pkg_delete it kldunload
linprocfs, and re-edit your fstab.

In either case, the bootstrap jdk will be used to build the FreeBSD
native jdk.  It takes a long time, so don't be alarmed if it's still
chugging after an hour or so.

Best Regards,

Ted