JDK 'make install' - puzzling error message

[Kent Stewart]

On Monday 27 October 2003 05:52 pm, Richard Shea wrote:
> Hi - I've just gone to ...
>
> http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=7479
>
> ... to download the JDK and put it into ports/distfiles. However when I
> do 'make install' from /usr/ports/java/linux-sun-jdk13 I get ...
>
> ===>  linux-sun-jdk-1.3.1.07_1 You must manually fetch the Java 2
> Development Kit 1.3.1.07 archive (j2sdk-1_3_1_07-linux-i586.bin) from
> http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=7479, download the
> Linux GNUZIP Tar shell script into /usr/ports/distfiles and then run make
> again.
>
> ... well I've got two problems arising from that.
>
> First following that link mentioned in the error message now gives you
> j2sdk-1_3_1_08-linux-i586.bin not the 07 version - so does anyone know
> how I can get the 07 version ?.
>
> The other thing is that I'm afraid I have no idea what 'the Linux GNUZIP
> Tar shell script' might be or where I should get it from - is that
> another name for what I've downloaded ?
>

Your port system seems to be out of date. The current version is 09 and the 
*.bin file is the file you are to download into ../distfiles.

Kent

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