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On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 23:08 -0600, Trenton D. Adams wrote: |
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> Hi guys, |
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> How stable are java related and tomcat5 related packages on gentoo with |
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> AMD64? |
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Due to the lengthy migration project to Java5 along with low staffing, |
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some of the ebuilds have (necessarily) taken a back-seat. I believe |
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this is the case for many of the JEE packages, whether or not your arch |
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is amd64 (as are most of my systems). |
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As the other reply indicated, there is a Tomcat ebuild in the |
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migration-overlay which is reportedly working, but I haven't used it |
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myself. |
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> Is it safe to unmask them, or should I be installing a 32-bit |
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> version of gentoo on my system? |
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I certainly don't think you need to build a 32-bit system. The Java5 |
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migration is probably a bigger factor in package availability than your |
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arch, especially for Java packages. Worst-case scenario is to simply |
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download the binaries from Apache and "go outside" of Portage for the |
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time being. |
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It really depends on what you are trying to accomplish. What works for |
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a dev system may not be suitable for a production environment, etc. I |
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have binary versions of JBoss running, various versions of Tomcat, and |
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other packages as needed. |
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~ Greg |
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