Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Andrew Hall wrote: Greetings, I have a few questions about jdk and 5.3. 1. If one does a src compile, it requires that the linux-sun-jdk to be installed to bootstrap the compile of native jdk. Why would freebsd not use a binary version of it's own native jdk to bootstrap itself? If that's not

Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Jeremy, Thank you very much for your reply. Drew Jeremy Faulkner wrote: Andrew Hall wrote: Greetings, I have a few questions about jdk and 5.3. 1. If one does a src compile, it requires that the linux-sun-jdk to be installed to bootstrap the compile of native jdk. Why would freebsd not use a

SUMMARY: Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Thanks for everyone's replies. Here is what I have learned: Basically the 1.5 JDK is still alpha. There was a messages stating that in the compile, but I did not see it. The browser plugin is not included in the 1.5 JDK at this time. The linux JDK is used to compile the native JDK because of

JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Greetings, I have a few questions about jdk and 5.3. 1. If one does a src compile, it requires that the linux-sun-jdk to be installed to bootstrap the compile of native jdk. Why would freebsd not use a binary version of it's own native jdk to bootstrap itself? If that's not feasible, then why

Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Andrew Hall wrote: Greetings, I have a few questions about jdk and 5.3. 1. If one does a src compile, it requires that the linux-sun-jdk to be installed to bootstrap the compile of native jdk. Why would freebsd not use a binary version of it's own native jdk to bootstrap itself? If that's not

Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Erik Norgaard wrote: Andrew Hall wrote: Greetings, I have a few questions about jdk and 5.3. 1. If one does a src compile, it requires that the linux-sun-jdk to be installed to bootstrap the compile of native jdk. Why would freebsd not use a binary version of it's own native jdk to bootstrap

Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Andrew Hall wrote: snip Any idea about the missing browser plugin? Which browser? For Firefox one way to get a functional Java plugin is simply to install the JDK before you build Firefox. -- Tabor Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tabor.taborandtashell.net

Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Tabor Kelly wrote: Andrew Hall wrote: snip Any idea about the missing browser plugin? Which browser? For Firefox one way to get a functional Java plugin is simply to install the JDK before you build Firefox. Well sorta. I installed firefox, then built jdk, then removed firefox, then rebuilt

Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Sorry to reply to my own post Andrew Hall wrote: Tabor Kelly wrote: Andrew Hall wrote: snip Any idea about the missing browser plugin? Which browser? For Firefox one way to get a functional Java plugin is simply to install the JDK before you build Firefox. Well sorta. I installed firefox,

Re: JDK 1.5 and 5.3

Andrew Hall wrote: snip Any idea about the missing browser plugin? Which browser? For Firefox one way to get a functional Java plugin is simply to install the JDK before you build Firefox. I think on Konqueror you just need to set in the configurations the path to javac, well at least that