Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] icedtea6-bin or sun-jdk?
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:17:43
Message-Id: 49bf44f11001311017v64c9ff5fo5a8e16abc4ba554e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] icedtea6-bin or sun-jdk? by Willie Wong
1 >> It looks like my installed icedtea6-bin and sun-jdk are both depended
2 >> on by virtual/jdk-1.6.0.  I think I can choose one or the other,
3 >> right?  Does icedtea6-bin work as well as sun-jdk?
4 >
5 > You *should* be able to use either one. There is one (non-portage)
6 > java software I use that has problems with icedtea: it runs, but
7 > cannot play any sounds. sun-jdk does not have the problem.
8 >
9 > Pick one, set your java-vm to it, and you should be able to unmerge
10 > the other with no ill effects.
11
12 Has anyone else noticed differences between the two? Has anyone tried
13 to print an international shipping label from usps.com with either?
14 The last time I tried with icedtea, it wouldn't work.
15
16 - Grant