Gentoo Archives: gentoo-sparc

From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
To: Gentoo Sparc <gentoo-sparc@l.g.o>
Cc: Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@×××××××.au>
Subject: [gentoo-sparc] [Fwd: Re: Just a note - Updated Sparc Icedtea6]
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:10:33
Message-Id: 1243887029.31661.96.camel@liasis.inforead.com
1 -------- Forwarded Message --------
2 From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
3 To: Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@×××××××.au>
4 Subject: Re: Just a note - Updated Sparc Icedtea6
5 Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:07:24 +0000
6
7 On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:25:31 +1000
8 Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@×××××××.au> wrote:
9
10 >
11 >
12 > Hello Ferris,
13 >
14 > Sorry to email directly, you once said it was ok.
15 >
16 > I've got a drop in replacement for the current Icedtea6 ebuild, it
17 > enables sparc support.
18 >
19 > I've posted it to the usual place.
20 >
21 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/159780
22 >
23 >
24 >
25 > Cheers,
26 > Dylan
27 >
28 Thanks,
29 I'll look at it later this week.
30
31 ===========================
32
33 Sparc people,
34 I've looked at Dylan's ebuild. It does enable sparc support for IcedTea6, it installs
35 it correctly, and java-config sees it and will correctly enable it.
36
37 I am not a java expert. However, I did test it briefly with the netlogo simulation
38 program (netlogo-4.0.3, available from third parties) and it can run a few of the demo
39 models (I have not done an exhaustive check). This is a *major* step --- we've never
40 before even able to get this program to load.
41
42 Thus, if any of you have been wanting java or need it on sparc, please give the
43 ebuild icedtea6-bin-1.4.1.ebuild a test. If it looks good to you, I'll work with the
44 java people to drop it into the tree. It's a replacement for the existing ebuild,
45 and we can easily distribute the sparc-specific parts of the distfiles to the
46 mirrors.
47
48 Dylan, many thanks for all your efforts --- looks like this might be a winner. Are
49 you ever on IRC? If so, I'd like a few minutes of your time. (Yes, I see that
50 there are time zone issues.)
51
52 Thanks and regards,
53 Ferris
54
55 Regards,
56 Ferris
57
58 --
59 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
60 Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
61 --
62 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
63 Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)

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