FreeBSD install failing

Greg Lewis glewis at eyesbeyond.com
Fri May 22 03:52:53 UTC 2009


On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 01:27:32PM -0600, Michael Goodell wrote:
> I am trying to install FreeBSD from: /usr/ports/java/diablo-jdk16
> 
> I get this message:
> 
> Because of licensing restrictions, you must fetch the distribution manually.
>  Please open http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
>  in a web browser and follow the "Download" link for
>  "JDK US DST Timezone Update Tool - 1_3_12" to obtain the
>  time zone update file, tzupdater-1_3_12-2009a.zip.
>  Please place the downloaded file(s) in /usr/ports/distfiles.
> 
> The problem is that the version on the site:
> http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp is not the same as what's
> required by the port.
> 
> Is there a way around this?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.

You can either update your ports collection or turn the "Update the time
zone data" option off.

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