Re: I need a cuppa...

From: Loren M. Lang (lorenl_at_alzatex.com)
Date: 01/30/05

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:53:21 -0800
To: John <john@starfire.mn.org>

    On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 10:10:00AM -0600, John wrote:
    > On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 09:05:22PM -0800, Tabor Kelly wrote:
    > > Jonathan Chen wrote:
    > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 09:06:17PM -0600, John wrote:
    > > >
    > > >>OK, I must be dumb as a rock, because this has to have been discussed
    > > >>and documented 16 ways from Sunday, but I've looked in the FAQ,
    > > >>and looked in the Handbook, and I've gone through my copy of the
    > > >>latest edition of _The Complete FreeBSD_, but I simply do NOT get
    > > >>how to get Java support for FreeBSD. I don't need the JDK, unless
    > > >>that's the only way to get a viable JRE.
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > You can't get a separate 1.4+ JRE for FreeBSD, you need to install the
    > > > JDK; the JDK is available as a port in java/jdk14.
    > > >
    > > > Cheers.
    > >
    > > But make sure you have linprocfs mounted before you try to build it (and
    > > obviously linux emulation).
    > >
    > > PS- Linux emulation is for bootstrapping purposes. java/jdk14 requires
    > > java/linux-sun-jdk14 to compile, afterwards java/linux-sun-jdk14 can be
    > > safely removed.
    >
    > This whole process if VERY arcane and confusing for me!
    >
    > I have tried to follow the instructions, but of course, some parts
    > have moved forward during the interim.
    >
    > I have just done a cvsup of ports-all, because I couldn't find
    > the parts on Sun that were old enough to match 5.3-RELEASE (!!),
    > but having done all that, and signing all the license agreements,
    > and downloading the various files, it is STILL grabbing and
    > downloading stuff.
    >
    > I have linux.ko loaded, and I mounted linprocfs, but it is saying
    > things like:
    > ======================================================================
    > Warning: This JDK may be unstable. You are advised to use the native
    > FreeBSD JDK, in ports/java/jdk14.

    This is because it's using linux-sun-jdk14 to bootstrap java/jdk14.
    Just ignore the message, it's only meant for people who are just
    installing the linux version.

    >
    > This Java VM will attempt to obtain some system information by
    > accessing files in linux's procfs. You must install the Linux
    > emulation procfs filesystem for this to work correctly. The JVM
    > will exhibit various problems otherwise. This can be accomplished
    > by adding the following line to your /etc/fstab file:
    >
    > linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0
    >
    > and then, as root, executing the commands:
    >
    > kldload linprocfs
    > mount /compat/linux/proc
    >
    > ======================================================================
    >
    > Should I be concerned? I thought I'd already done all the prereq's,
    > but it is still complianing. I AM DOING exactly what it says - I
    > got this output as a result of a "make" in /ports/java/jdk14.
    >
    >
    > Right now, it is grabbing all SORTS of linux distributions.
    >
    > basesystem, libelf, libacl, filesystem - it's as if I'm trying
    > to build all of Linux in my FreeBSD tree.
    >
    > This just doesn't seem right!
    > --
    >
    > John Lind
    > john@starfire.MN.ORG
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