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From: Calvin Austin <caustin@×××××××××××.com>
To: Joshua Nichols <nichoj@g.o>
Cc: "Miroslav Šulc" <miroslav.sulc@××××××××.cz>, gentoo-java@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] Java and AMD64
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:51:59
Message-Id: 44A43D33.5080605@spikesource.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-java] Java and AMD64 by Joshua Nichols
1 Joshua Nichols wrote:
2
3 >Miroslav ©ulc wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>Hello,
7 >>
8 >>I am trying to get new Java ebuilds work on amd64 platform with amd64
9 >>keyword. Unfortunatelly there's no generation 1 Java ebuild that I could
10 >>use. Is it possible to make new Java ebuilds work on amd64? And if so,
11 >>how should I do it?
12 >>
13 >>java-config-1 -L shows nothing.
14 >>
15 >># emerge -tva =sun-jdk-1.4*
16 >>
17 >>These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
18 >>
19 >>Calculating dependencies
20 >>!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=sun-jdk-1.4*" have been masked.
21 >>!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
22 >>request:
23 >>- dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.10-r2 (masked by: missing keyword)
24 >>- dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.12 (masked by: missing keyword)
25 >># Joshua Nichols<nichoj@g.o> (24 Jun 2006)
26 >># Masked for testing changes to Java. IMPORTANT:
27 >># if you unmask one of these package, you will need to unmask
28 >># them ALL.
29 >># Please follow the upgrade guide to switch over:
30 >># http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/java-upgrade.xml
31 >>
32 >>
33 >>For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
34 >>refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
35 >>
36 >>
37 >>
38 >>
39 >
40 >Try blackdown-jdk. It is available for AMD64.
41 >
42 >- Josh
43 >
44 >
45
46 The blackdown 1.4.2 JDK has most of the Sun Java 5 amd64 changes,
47 however I would strongly recommend Miroslav that you don't use 1.4.2 for
48 amd64 bit. Apart from being over 4 years old there are some linux issues
49 that we could only fix in 5.0.
50
51 regards
52 calvin
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-java] Java and AMD64 Joshua Nichols <nichoj@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-java] Java and AMD64 "Miroslav Šulc" <miroslav.sulc@××××××××.cz>