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From:	Stefan Bruda <bruda@×××××××××××.ca>
To:	"David Bélanger" <dbelan2@×××××××××.ca>
Cc:	iago <iago@×××××.it>, gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] virtual/jdk-1.4
Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:45:05
Message-Id:	`16675.38298.926056.380998@gargle.gargle.HOWL`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] virtual/jdk-1.4 by "David Bélanger"

1	At 13:23 -0400 on 2004-8-18 David Bélanger wrote:
2	>
3	> The ibm-jdk provides jdk-1.4.
4	> I think it does not have a plugin for applets or something so you
5	> may want to keep blackdown-1.3 as well.
6
7	That's accurate indeed.
8
9	> However, I was never able to get ibm-jdk working with the JIT
10	> enabled. It segfaults on my G3. If someone knows how to fix it,
11	> let me know.
12
13	There have been a number of discussions of the matter, see for example
14
15	http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/09/msg00023.html
16
17	together with the following references:
18
19	http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-devel/2003-June/thread.html#209
20	http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-devel/2003-July/000251.html
21
22	I have JIT enabled in my Java installation (Powerbook G4 running
23	dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin-1.4.1-r2) but not being a Java fan (I develop in
24	C++ mainly) I am not sure how to test it other than doing a
25
26	< titi:~ > java -version
27	java version "1.4.1"
28	Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1)
29	Classic VM (build 1.4.1, J2RE 1.4.1 IBM build cxppc321411-20040301 (JIT enabled: jitc))
30
31	Stefan
32
33	--
34	If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as
35	it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.
36	--Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
37
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