SUMMARY: Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

[Andrew Hall]

Thanks for everyone's replies.  Here is what I have learned:

Basically the 1.5 JDK is still alpha.  There was a messages stating that 
in the compile, but I did not see it.  The browser plugin is not 
included in the 1.5 JDK at this time.

The linux JDK is used to compile the native JDK because of a license 
issue, and not a technology issue.

Drew

Jeremy Faulkner wrote:
> Andrew Hall wrote:
> 
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have a few questions about jdk and 5.3.
>>
>> 1. If one does a src compile, it requires that the linux-sun-jdk to be 
>> installed to bootstrap the compile of native jdk.
>>
>> Why would freebsd not use a binary version of it's own native jdk to 
>> bootstrap itself?  If that's not feasible, then why would the jdk port 
>> not immediately remove all the linux crap that it installs if its not 
>> needed?  If something is only temporary, then it should be removed 
>> immediately after use right :)?
> 
> 
> Sun's licensing terms do not allow the distribution of a binary jdk. The 
> FreeBSD Foundation pushed long and hard to get a license to distribute 
> the diablo-jdk13. I don't know why there hasn't been a diablo-jdk14 
> released, but I can only assume it involves Sun.
> 
>> 2. Where did the browser plugin go?  In 1.3 and 1.4 I symlinked 
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so to what ever jdk I 
>> was using.  For example:
>>
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> 
>> /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>>
>> But in 1.5 I don't see this .so, nor does the plugin directory even 
>> exist.  Is there a new way I am not aware of?
> 
> 
> The jdk1.5 port is very young, the patchset-1 was only announced on the 
> 19th:
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-java/2005-January/003376.html
> 
> Plugin support was not included with this patchset. Please be patient, 
> the jdk is big and the team porting it is very small.
> 
>> 3. Since the linux jdk is not necessary, is there an easy way to get a 
>> list of everything that was installed as the req for the native jdk 
>> compile so I may remove it all (and its deps)?
> 
> 
> pkg_delete knows what to remove and will do as it's told if you pass the 
> -f argument. Read the available documentation before proceeding.
>