On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 03:07:34PM -0500, Michael Sinz wrote:
> Well, it is not quite that easy - there are actual bugs that prevent the JDK
> from working correctly in some of the glibc versions and there are actual
> incompatibilities (as in, different source needed) between some of the
> versions. (things like minor differences in the way certain routines work
> which have major impacts on the JVM...)
This raises an interesting question. Is there a way to encapsulate the
glibc-specific pieces in some non-SCSL hunk of source?
It's clear that the actual bugs prevent the JDK from being fully supported
on the guilty glibc versions (as well they should), but having some way
to run with the older libraries can be a stopgap for those users having
trouble keeping up on the glibc release treadmill.
Nathan
On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 03:07:34PM -0500, Michael Sinz wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 20:18:17 +0100, Jan Buchmann wrote:
>
> >----- Forwarded message from Rachel Greenham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
> >
> >Delivery-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:29:39 +0000
> >Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 18:21:26 +0000
> >From: Rachel Greenham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Jan Buchmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: NEW JDK RELEASE!
> >
> >Jan Buchmann wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Ekkehard,
> >>
> >> I get the same error in SuSE 6.2. SuSE 6.2 has glibc2.1.1 iinstead of the
>supported glibc2.1.2 so maybe it's the same problem on your box (installation). If
>not, I would be interested to get some information about running JDK1.2.2 on a
>glibc2.1.1 system.
> >
> >This is pissing me off. This is why source distribution of applications are
> >the only worthwhile ones, we can't be having with all these bloody binary
> >incompatibilities because someone can't be arsed to type make.
>
> Well, it is not quite that easy - there are actual bugs that prevent the JDK
> from working correctly in some of the glibc versions and there are actual
> incompatibilities (as in, different source needed) between some of the
> versions. (things like minor differences in the way certain routines work
> which have major impacts on the JVM...)
>
>
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