FreeBSD binary Java and source Java

[Michael Vince]

Alex Kiesel wrote:

>On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 13:04 +1000, Michael Vince wrote:
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>>Hey all,
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>>I just wanted to know if there is a difference between the binary 
>>supplied Diablo Java and the Java I can build in the ports tree?
>>As in is it a binary because it has source code compiled into it that 
>>Sun didn't want the rest of the world to see? or is it just a certified 
>>binary of what I could build in the ports tree and is offered for the 
>>case of ease and standards?
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>It is AFAIK the certified binary, plus it contains numerous Sun patches
>(The Diablo Java is jdk-1.5.0 update 6) in comparison again the source
>java (update 0 - if you want to call it this way).
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>Regards,
>-Alex
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Thanks for that, also do you know about Java 1.4.2? when is it based on 
all the sources sun have used for a real binary on Linux or MS Windows? 
or is it on FreeBSD missing souce code?

Mike