the compat3x dependency

[Greg Lewis]

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 02:19:17AM -0700, Ross Penner wrote:
> I'm trying to install the JRE. it depends on compat3x. when I try to have  
> this installed from the ports I get:
> 
> ===>  compat3x-i386-5.0.20020925 is forbidden: FreeBSD-SA-03:05.xdr,  
> FreeBSD-SA-03:08.realpath  - not fixed / no lib available.
> 
> I have no idea what this means and I can't install the JRE without it. My  
> ports tree is up to date and I'm running the fresh and new 5.4 (I had the  
> same problem with 5.3). can anybody guide me to the solution to my problem?

You really don't want to install the 1.1 JRE.  Try something newer, either
jdk15 or jdk14.

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