FYI -

just installed  icedtea6   on my Ultra2

updated virtual/jdk  and virtual/jre  so that they would install as
well.

updated dev-java/antlr   and built it successfully.

currently building  dev-java/ant-1.7.1-r1
   core  built and installed correctly.
the remaining packages will take some time:

dev-java/xml-commons-external dev-java/xml-commons-resolver
dev-java/ant-nodeps dev-java/jakarta-regexp dev-java/javacup
dev-java/bcel dev-java/xjavac dev-java/junit dev-java/xalan-serializer
dev-java/ant-apache-resolver dev-java/ant-apache-regexp dev-java/xerces
dev-java/xalan dev-java/ant-junit dev-java/ant-trax


hooray for java on sparc!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferris McCormick [mailto:fmccor@g.o] 
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 12:10 PM
> To: Gentoo Sparc
> Cc: Dylan Wakefield
> Subject: [gentoo-sparc] [Fwd: Re: Just a note - Updated Sparc 
> Icedtea6]
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
> To: Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@...>
> Subject: Re: Just a note - Updated Sparc Icedtea6
> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:07:24 +0000
> 
> On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:25:31 +1000
> Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hello Ferris,
> > 
> > Sorry to email directly, you once said it was ok.
> > 
> > I've got a drop in replacement for the current Icedtea6 ebuild, it 
> > enables sparc support.
> > 
> > I've posted it to the usual place.
> > 
> > http://bugs.gentoo.org/159780
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Dylan
> > 
> Thanks,
> I'll look at it later this week.
> 
> ===========================
> 
> Sparc people,
>   I've looked at Dylan's ebuild.  It does enable sparc 
> support for IcedTea6, it installs it correctly, and 
> java-config sees it and will correctly enable it.
> 
> I am not a java expert.  However, I did test it briefly with 
> the netlogo simulation program (netlogo-4.0.3, available from 
> third parties) and it can run a few of the demo models (I 
> have not done an exhaustive check).  This is a *major* step 
> --- we've never before even able to get this program to load.
> 
> Thus, if any of you have been wanting java or need it on 
> sparc, please give the ebuild icedtea6-bin-1.4.1.ebuild a 
> test.  If it looks good to you, I'll work with the java 
> people to drop it into the tree.  It's a replacement for the 
> existing ebuild, and we can easily distribute the 
> sparc-specific parts of the distfiles to the mirrors.
> 
> Dylan, many thanks for all your efforts --- looks like this 
> might be a winner.  Are you ever on IRC?  If so, I'd like a 
> few minutes of your time.  (Yes, I see that there are time 
> zone issues.)
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Ferris
> 
> Regards,
> Ferris
> 
> --
> Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> Developer, 
> Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
> --
> Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> Developer, 
> Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
>