ports/java/jdk15

[B. Cook]

Jona Joachim wrote:
> B. Cook wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Trying to build java 1.5.0 and it looks like it's needs linux java
>> 1.4.2? is this right?
>>
>> ===>  linux-sun-jdk-1.4.2.12 You must manually fetch the J2SE SDK
>> self-extracting file for the Linux platform
>> (j2sdk-1_4_2_12-linux-i586.bin) from
>> http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=22&PartDetailId=j2sdk-1.4.2_12-oth-JPR&SiteId=JSC&TransactionId=noreg,
>> place it in /usr/ports/distfiles and then run make again.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop in /usr/ports/java/linux-sun-jdk14.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop in /usr/ports/java/jdk15.
> 
> Yes, that's right. jdk14 is needed to compile jdk15, welcome to the
> world of Java ;)
> Because of license issues you have to fetch the linux jdk14 binary as
> well as some distfiles required by jdk15 manually as indicated above.
> 
> However you don't have to build jdk15 as there is an official FreeBSD
> binary available!
> See: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?44343C8E.2050707
> 
> Just install java/diablo-jdk15 and it will install the binary
> 
> --jona

So if I just wanted a java binary.. I could also just install the 
java/diablo-jre15

:)

(I'm trying that route.. )