Re: git: 465f21e7c5fe - main - java/javacpp: Bridge between Java and C++

From: Markus Graf <markus.graf_at_markusgraf.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:38:18 UTC 
Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> writes:

> Hi,
>
> And could you elaborate on why this is Java 21 only? Does it not 
> work on other Java versions?
> I'm asking because I am involved in setting the JAVA_DEFAULT 
> version in ports recently and
> want to understand what issues porters encounter with Java 
> versions.
>
> Regards,
> Ronald.
>

Hi Ronald,

You are right, I added JAVA_VERSION 21 when it wasn't 
NO_BUILD. Since it is NO_BUILD now this should propably be taken 
out since it is now conrolled upstream.

The reason to set it to JAVA_VERSION 21 when I still built, was 
because it installs a library-jar to be used by other ports, in my 
case https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/pull/491 
databases/dtlvnative.  dtlvnative throws if javacpp was built with 
a newer jdk than itself.  So I "pinned it" to the oldest sensible 
(default) version to always be older than its consumers.

Do you suggest I just take it out or replace it with something 
else with the port being NO_BUILD but the manual test needing some 
jdk?

Regards

Markus

Sorry, you are getting this twice because I forgot to reply to 
all.

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