On 2008/07/07 13:07, macintoshzoom wrote: > On OpenBSD 4.3, to build Java to run, say, Jondos anonymizer, latest > port seems jre-1.4.2p15, .... it requires 2004? (out)dated distfiles as > *** j2sdk-1_4_2-src-scsl.zip > *** j2sdk-1_4_2-bin-scsl.zip > ..
huh? 4.3 has 1.5.0.14 and 1.6.0.03 (and 1.7.0b19; now that enough free code is available binary packages of 1.7 are provided for -current users and will be in 4.4 - no browser plugin yet though, AIUI it hasn't yet been freed). > Lots of years playing with OpenBSD, and sometimes I still feel as the > latest idiot on earth when trying to install Java: Obsolete, No port, Of course there are ports, they work well. Even if you don't count PLISTs, the files that make up the Java ports (patches, Makefiles etc) are more than *20,000* lines. > no package, distfiles nearly impossible to find at sun.com sites, This is hardly OpenBSD's fault... > results), bsd-jdk14-patches-8.tar.gz from http://www.eyesbeyond.com > requires to leave your fingerprints because it uses javascript, really, > really an exasperating experience. lynx http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk14.html <page down> <right> <down> <right> D)ownload, or C)ancel
