Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem

[Naresh Donti]

This is perfect.  Gentoo will be my primary desktop now.  I am going to 
attempt to build everything from scratch. Is this committed and available 
for emerge rsync?  I am going to try to do this tomorrow.

Thank you


>From: Daniel Robbins Reply-To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org To:
>gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem
>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 19:43:08 -0600
>
>On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:33:00PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Tue,
>Jul 03, 2001 at 12:52:45AM -0000, Naresh Donti wrote: > > When glic is
>compiled with --enable-kernels=2.4.0, it enables a feature > > called
>floating stacks to improve performance. Frankly I do not know what > >
>floating stacks are, and would not really have cared, but for the fact that
> > > IBM's jdk did not work on rc5 because it makes some wrong assumptions
>about > > something related to the floating stacks. Sun's jdk1.3.1 is
>supposed to have > > fixed this, but I really want to use IBM's JDK. I
>think this will be fixed > > in the next few releases of the JDK, but in
>the mean time this does not > > allow me to use gentoo as my primary
>desktop. > > I just upgraded my system to use a new glibc without
>--enable-kernels=2.4.0 and > Sun's JDK is now working for me instead of
>segfaulting. I have this glibc in > a .tbz2 package; it is compiled for the
>i686 architecture. If you have a P6 core, > let me know and I'll send it to
>you. > > I think we should include this kernel with 1.0_rc6, since Java
>compatibility is > important.
>
>The IBM JDK is working great over here with the glibc fix.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>--
>Daniel Robbins President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies,
>Inc.
>
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