Gentoo Archives: gentoo-announce

From: Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@×××××××.no>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] Updates to the JDK/JRE scheme again
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:24:17
Message-Id: 20020129172234.74236b7c.karltk@prosalg.no
1 There have been some updates to the JDK/JRE system that might require you
2 to update and remerge your JDK/JRE. (emerge rsync ; emerge
3 dev-java/<your-favourite-jdk/jre>)
4
5 If you run into problems with Java, first update your JRE/JDK. You will
6 not be required to download any binaries, it is only the Gentoo-specific
7 setup that has changed.
8
9 Changes include:
10 * Support for the IBM JDK and JREs. I have had problems with the IBM
11 browser-plugin, but I am leaving it enabled until I get flames about its
12 instability as we're still pre-1.0. * Merging the JRE after the JDK will
13 no longer bust the paths.* You can now query java-config about both JDK
14 and JRE settings if both are installed.* Tomcat-4.0.1 is back
15
16 Still not resolved properly is:
17 * emerge rsync ; emerge --world update will try to install both the JRE
18 and JDK, even though the JDK supercedes the JRE if installed. Workaround:
19 Always make certain /etc/make.profile/virtuals uses the
20 <yourfavourite>-jdk to resolve the jre before doing emerge update. This
21 should only affect people with the JDK installed.
22
23 Keep the bug reports coming ;)
24
25 Karl T