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nightmorph 11/05/09 19:16:31 |
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Modified: java.xml |
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Log: |
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update java jdk/jre list, make icedtea a bit more prominent, address ACCEPT_LICENSE, misc fixes. bug 366261 and bug 366257. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.50 xml/htdocs/doc/en/java.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/java.xml?rev=1.50&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/java.xml?rev=1.50&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/java.xml?r1=1.49&r2=1.50 |
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Index: java.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/java.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.49 |
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retrieving revision 1.50 |
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diff -u -r1.49 -r1.50 |
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--- java.xml 6 Jul 2010 11:51:28 -0000 1.49 |
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+++ java.xml 9 May 2011 19:16:31 -0000 1.50 |
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/java.xml,v 1.49 2010/07/06 11:51:28 jkt Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/java.xml,v 1.50 2011/05/09 19:16:31 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<guide> |
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<title>Gentoo Java Guide</title> |
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@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>0.23</version> |
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-<date>2010-07-06</date> |
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+<version>1</version> |
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+<date>2011-05-09</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>What is Java?</title> |
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@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ |
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<ti>BEA WebLogic's J2SE Development Kit</ti> |
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<ti>dev-java/jrockit-jdk-bin</ti> |
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</tr> |
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+<tr> |
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+ <ti>The IcedTea Open Java Kit</ti> |
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+ <ti>dev-java/icedtea</ti> |
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+ <ti>dev-java/icedtea6-bin</ti> |
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+</tr> |
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</table> |
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<!-- |
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@@ -132,9 +137,19 @@ |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-In recent events, Sun has relicensed their JDK and JRE under a more Linux |
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-distro friendly license. As a result, Sun Java 1.5 and onwards are |
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-freely downloadable, without any further hassle. |
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+Some JDKs and JREs, including the Sun packages, require accepting an End User |
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+License Agreement, or EULA. If its license (such as dlj-1.1) is not listed in |
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+ACCEPT_LICENSE in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>, then you won't be able to install |
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+the JDK/JRE. For more information on how to add acceptable licenses to |
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+<path>make.conf</path>, please read the <uri |
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+link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1#doc_chap4">Portage |
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+Handbook</uri>. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+To avoid any restrictive license hassle, consider installing <c>icedtea6-bin</c> |
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+or <c>icedtea</c>, which are more open Java implementations from the OpenJDK |
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+project. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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@@ -280,8 +295,7 @@ |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Of course, Gentoo is all about choice, so you can override these defaults (and even your |
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-selected system VM) in |
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+You can override these defaults (and even your selected system VM) in |
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<path>/etc/java-config-2/build/jdk.conf</path> and have complete control over |
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which VM will get used for merging. Some examples: |
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</p> |
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<warn> |
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You do not <e>have</e> to edit this file. If you change these options to use a |
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-unsupported VM, things could possibly break. Because of the wide variety of available |
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-VMs, we do not have the resources to test and verify every package works on all of them. |
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-Bugs reported with a unsupported VM won't be prioritized as much as bugs present within |
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-supported VMs. |
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+unsupported VM, things could possibly break. Because of the wide variety of |
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+available VMs, we do not have the resources to test and verify every package |
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+works on all of them. Bugs reported with a unsupported VM won't be prioritized |
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+as much as bugs present within supported VMs. |
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</warn> |
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The standard Java compiler used for building is javac, which comes with each |
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-JDK. In addition to configuring the VM used at build time, it is also possible |
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-configure which compiler is used. Essentially, you define a list your |
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+The standard Java compiler used for building is <c>javac</c>, which comes with |
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+each JDK. In addition to configuring the VM used at build time, it is also |
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+possible configure which compiler is used. Essentially, you define a list your |
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preference for which compiler to use in |
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<path>/etc/java-config-2/build/compilers.conf</path>. |
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</p> |
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