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