Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] icedtea6-bin or sun-jdk?
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:09:33
Message-Id: 201001302108.42259.Warp_7@gmx.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] icedtea6-bin or sun-jdk? by Willie Wong
1 Am Samstag, 30. Januar 2010 schrieb Willie Wong:
2 > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 09:48:52AM -0800, Grant wrote:
3 > > It looks like my installed icedtea6-bin and sun-jdk are both depended
4 > > on by virtual/jdk-1.6.0. I think I can choose one or the other,
5 > > right? Does icedtea6-bin work as well as sun-jdk?
6 >
7 > You *should* be able to use either one. There is one (non-portage)
8 > java software I use that has problems with icedtea: it runs, but
9 > cannot play any sounds. sun-jdk does not have the problem.
10 >
11 > Pick one, set your java-vm to it, and you should be able to unmerge
12 > the other with no ill effects.
13
14 My "Question about RDEPEND" (from 18 hours ago) was about the very same topic,
15 though from the other end. I've got only one installed, but jdk wants to pull
16 in both. I’m also pondering with the idea of ditching sun-jdk for icedtea,
17 because the latter is only a third in size of the former.
18 --
19 Gruß | Greetings | Qapla'
20 "Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy." (R. Heinlein)

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