Re: 5.4-RELEASE && Java jre1.3

From: Micah (micahjon_at_ywave.com)
Date: 09/20/05

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    Matthias Apitz wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > I've the official dictionary of the Academy RAE of Spain. It
    > works very nice on Linux with an jre 1.1.8 shipped with the
    > dictionary on CD; because I want to switch over to FreeBSD
    > I've ported jdk15 form /usr/ports/java/jdk15 which took
    > one night buy installed without any problem. But apparently
    > the application gives nullpointer exceptions with the java 1.5
    > and the folks of the Academy RAE are claiming that it has
    > to be 1.3 and not 1.5.
    >
    > Apparently there is no jre1.3 in the ports collection and
    > the diablo-jre13 does not compile:
    >
    > # make
    > ===> diablo-jre-1.3.1.0_1 does not run on FreeBSD >= 5.x.
    > #
    >
    > Is there any help?
    >
    > Thx
    >
    > matthias

    You could always install the 1.3 version of the jdk in addition to the
    1.5 jdk. They install to different locations so they can co-exist.
    Installing the javavmwrapper will help with managing multiple jdks.
    Kind of overkill just to get a 1.3 JRE but...

    HTH,
    Micah

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