Re: Vote of 'No Confidence' in SUNs 'guidance' for Java.

2000-10-30 Thread Chris Abbey
At 18:11 10/30/00 -0800, noisebrain wrote: >This (the license) does not negate the fact that the source is available >and can be changed. actually it does. What can you (legally) do with that changed source? Nothing. Can you give it to me in binary form? no. Can you give it to me in source form?

Jni and lock

2000-10-30 Thread Gurumurthi, Nandakumar
> Hi, > > I am trying to lock a file ( using jni and fcntl( ) ) from java on Linux, and > i am not able to do it. > > When I write pure C++ code to achieve the same functionality, the locking > happens fine - ie, when i run the program it locks the file, and when I run > the same instance of t

[ANN] Metamata Development Environment 2.0

2000-10-30 Thread Louis Tribble
Developed mostly on Linux and Blackdown VMs: Metamata is pleased to announce the release of the Metamata Development Environment, version 2.0. The Metamata Development Environment is an award winning IDE for Java with strong emphasis on debugging and incremental development. Key features includ

Re: Vote of 'No Confidence' in SUNs 'guidance' for Java.

2000-10-30 Thread noisebrain
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, [iso-8859-1] Martin Schröder wrote: > On 2000-10-29 22:26:06 -0800, noisebrain wrote: > > slightly open with it: the source *is* available, you *can* change, > > Since when? Last time I looked the source was "provided for > educational value only", changing required an extr

Re: problem with jni lib

2000-10-30 Thread Joi Ellis
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, kason wong wrote: > I guess I finally understand. but i still have problem in compiling one lib: >libutil.so which > used the libpthread.a lib in c. I try to convert libpthread.a to .so, it seems >strange but > when i load it: > > ld -shared -o libpthread.so --whole-archiv

Re: problem with jni lib

2000-10-30 Thread kason wong
I guess I finally understand. but i still have problem in compiling one lib: libutil.so which used the libpthread.a lib in c. I try to convert libpthread.a to .so, it seems strange but when i load it: ld -shared -o libpthread.so --whole-archive /local/usr/lib/libpthread.a ldd -r libpthread.so

Re: problem with jni lib

2000-10-30 Thread Joi Ellis
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, kason wong wrote: > Hi, > > thanks, but I still have some problem when i tried to compile all lib into a static >lib. > > g++ -o libCOPS.a COPS.o -L/home/kwong/thesis/codes/lib -lcops -lutil -lpthread > /usr/lib/crt1.o: In function `_start': > /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0x18):

Re: problem with jni lib

2000-10-30 Thread kason wong
Hi, thanks, but I still have some problem when i tried to compile all lib into a static lib. g++ -o libCOPS.a COPS.o -L/home/kwong/thesis/codes/lib -lcops -lutil -lpthread /usr/lib/crt1.o: In function `_start': /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main' collect2: ld returned 1

Re: Certain keys do not work with Java

2000-10-30 Thread Calvin Austin
Yes this is a horrible side effect of a fix for key press/key release events requested by an ISVs http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4371923.html It is committed to be fixed regards calvin Juergen Kreileder wrote: > > > "Joi" == Joi Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >

Re: Vote of 'No Confidence' in SUNs 'guidance' for Java.

2000-10-30 Thread David Brownell
I'd actually be content to see more developers committing to making sure their software runs on Free versions of Java. Start with Kaffe ... and then give GCJ a real push! (All I'll say about JCP 2.0 just now is that I really don't see how it can support truly Open processes, given all the NDAs an

Re: suse 7.0, IBM java and glibc

2000-10-30 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> "Joi" == Joi Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joi> I understand that glibc was a split development branch which Joi> is now being merged back into libc. In future there won't be Joi> a glibc, just a single libc branch. Perhaps that's why you Joi> can't find a pre-built pa

Re: Certain keys do not work with Java

2000-10-30 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> "Joi" == Joi Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joi> On 30 Oct 2000, Juergen Kreileder wrote: >> > "Christoph" == Christoph Schönfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Christoph> I have installed JBuilder 4 on RedHat 6.2 and noticed Christoph> that I can not type certa

Re: suse 7.0, IBM java and glibc

2000-10-30 Thread Joi Ellis
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Carsten Hoeger wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, Peter John Cameron wrote: > > > Where can I find a Suse rpm of the latest glibc, or at least glibc > 2.1.0? > > Suse 7.0 Professional doesn't seem to include any glibc package (why not?) > > and all my web searches have proved fruitles

Re: Certain keys do not work with Java

2000-10-30 Thread Joi Ellis
On 30 Oct 2000, Juergen Kreileder wrote: > > "Christoph" == Christoph Schönfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Christoph> I have installed JBuilder 4 on RedHat 6.2 and noticed > Christoph> that I can not type certain characters, such as > Christoph> *,+,?,\,', etc. This does no

Re: Certain keys do not work with Java

2000-10-30 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> "Christoph" == Christoph Schönfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christoph> I have installed JBuilder 4 on RedHat 6.2 and noticed Christoph> that I can not type certain characters, such as Christoph> *,+,?,\,', etc. This does not seem to be a RedHat Christoph> problem though

Re: suse 7.0, IBM java and glibc

2000-10-30 Thread Carsten Hoeger
On Mon, Oct 30, Peter John Cameron wrote: > Where can I find a Suse rpm of the latest glibc, or at least glibc > 2.1.0? > Suse 7.0 Professional doesn't seem to include any glibc package (why not?) > and all my web searches have proved fruitless. I need glibc > 2.1.0 for the > latest IBM Java SDK.

Re: Vote of 'No Confidence' in SUNs 'guidance' for Java.

2000-10-30 Thread Martin Schröder
On 2000-10-29 22:26:06 -0800, noisebrain wrote: > slightly open with it: the source *is* available, you *can* change, Since when? Last time I looked the source was "provided for educational value only", changing required an extra license. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schr

suse 7.0, IBM java and glibc

2000-10-30 Thread Peter John Cameron
Where can I find a Suse rpm of the latest glibc, or at least glibc > 2.1.0? Suse 7.0 Professional doesn't seem to include any glibc package (why not?) and all my web searches have proved fruitless. I need glibc > 2.1.0 for the latest IBM Java SDK. I downloaded source for glibc and a threads packag

Certain keys do not work with Java

2000-10-30 Thread Christoph Schönfeld
I have installed JBuilder 4 on RedHat 6.2 and noticed that I can not type certain characters, such as *,+,?,\,', etc. This does not seem to be a RedHat problem though - I could reproduce it with Debian/Woody and Forte for Java. I use Sun's JDK 1.3 in both cases. Any ideas would be great Thanks,