openjdk8 in Firefox?

[Jung-uk Kim]

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On 2014-05-18 12:24:03 -0400, Lena wrote:
> May 14 update to openjdk8 and openjdk8-jre 
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=354182 says
> "Add support for java/icedtea-web". Do ordinary users need to use
> openjdk8-jre instead of openjdk7 in Firefox?

No.

> Firefox works with openjdk7, but didn't when I installed
> openjdk8-jre and deinstalled openjdk7.

java/openjdk7 must be used to execute java/icedtea-web if it was built
with java/openjdk7.

> I tried to reinstall icedtea-web, but it began to install openjdk6
> which I ^C.

That's because java/openjdk6 is the default Java for FreeBSD, ATM.  If
you really want to build it with non-default Java, you have to specify
JAVA_VERSION, e.g., "make JAVA_VERSION=1.8 <target>".

Jung-uk Kim
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