JDK ports questions
Greg Lewis
glewis at eyesbeyond.com
Thu Mar 20 20:44:22 UTC 2008
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 05:23:20PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> > Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > > Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> > > > For FreeBSD 7.0, you will have to install misc/compat6x
> > >
> > > But it's only required for the bootstrap, right?
> > > I.e. when I have built the JDK successfully, I don't
> > > need compat6x anymore, I assume.
> >
> > No, the diablo-jdk1.5.0 executable depends on
> > /usr/local/lib/compat/libpthread.so.2 which is in compat6x-i386
>
> Wait a second ... I think we're talking about different
> things here.
>
> I'm aware that diablo-jdk is a binary for FreeBSD 6, so
> it clearly depends on compat6x when running on 7.0.
>
> However, when I compile my own native JDK on FreeBSD 7
> (either jdk15 or jdk16), I assume it will be a FreeBSD 7
> binary, so it only depends on FreeBSD 7 libraries, so it
> does not need compat6x.
>
> As far as I know, the native JDK (e.g. jdk16) can be
> bootstrapped using diablo-jdk, so I will need compat6x
> for that. But as soon as the build is done, I do not
> need the diablo-jdk anymore, hence I don't need copat6x
> anymore either.
>
> Am I wrong?
You are correct on all counts.
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