On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 22:18 +1000, Dan Rossi wrote: > Hi, im trying to get answers about this, after reading the 1.5 status > > http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/j2se1.5-status.html
> > it states there is jdk1.5 support for sparc among other platforms. > However when i go into all the mirrors i can only see 1.4 available. > Im wondering if i was able to get info if blackdown will of course run > jdk1.5 in sparc linux. Unfortunately there is no sparc java port for > freebsd, so after finding this info i tried to install ubuntu on this, > my last resort is of course solaris 10. Let me know thanks. I think its true for solaris sparc. I once took a look at suns original java sources and figured out that there are mayor design differences between linux and solaris. As blackdown jdk is based on these sources it would be quite difficult to port it to linux sparc. linux sources use x86 centristic asm code while sparc code heavyly use solaris internals. So either way (starting from linux x86 or starting from solaris sparc) would be hard to go. And it is quite a neverending story because sun will never support these sources. I don't know if anyone intended to do this for jdk 1.5 but I gave up tracking it about a year ago. You might want to try solaris express or opensolaris as sun tries to move towards opensource in many ways. regards klaus ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
