Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-07 Thread Jan Schulz
Hello Ben, Sunday, October 5, 2003, 3:50:30 PM, you wrote: > and broken - they're still using gcc2 builds, which can (in my experience) > cause apps using C++ native libraries to crash randomly and frequently. Not only that, a wrong java plugin will stop mozilla from working. What a shit! Jan --

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-07 Thread Jan Schulz
Hello Ben, Sunday, October 5, 2003, 3:50:30 PM, you wrote: > and broken - they're still using gcc2 builds, which can (in my experience) > cause apps using C++ native libraries to crash randomly and frequently. Not only that, a wrong java plugin will stop mozilla from working. What a shit! Jan --

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Etienne Gagnon
Dj Statik wrote: * sablevm Small correction: - License of JVM is GNU LGPL (not GPL). - Class library is under GPL with a linking exception that says, mainly, that you can link more-or-less with anything. This is pretty important. The GPL, when applied to the class library can have pretty import

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Etienne Gagnon
Dj Statik wrote: * sablevm Small correction: - License of JVM is GNU LGPL (not GPL). - Class library is under GPL with a linking exception that says, mainly, that you can link more-or-less with anything. This is pretty important. The GPL, when applied to the class library can have pretty impor

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Ben Burton
FWIW: > Blackdown is a enchanced linux port of the sun VM. But the last > debian packages are a little bit outdated ... and broken - they're still using gcc2 builds, which can (in my experience) cause apps using C++ native libraries to crash randomly and frequently. If you're planning on using

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Dalibor Topic
Jan Schulz wrote: Hello Dj, Sunday, October 5, 2003, 1:13:52 PM, you wrote: You probably want to search the net for some firsthand experiences with tomcat and the above free java virtual machines. Here's how I got it to run with kaffe's CVS: http://www.mail-archive.com/kaffe@kaffe.org/msg03287.htm

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Jan Schulz
Hello Dj, Sunday, October 5, 2003, 1:13:52 PM, you wrote: > I note when looking through the package lists that there quite a few GPL > java environments available: First of all: Neither Blackdown and IBM JDK 1.1 are GPL. Both are 'sun derived' and under their license. Also, I'm fairly sure, that

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Ben Burton
FWIW: > Blackdown is a enchanced linux port of the sun VM. But the last > debian packages are a little bit outdated ... and broken - they're still using gcc2 builds, which can (in my experience) cause apps using C++ native libraries to crash randomly and frequently. If you're planning on using

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Dalibor Topic
Jan Schulz wrote: Hello Dj, Sunday, October 5, 2003, 1:13:52 PM, you wrote: You probably want to search the net for some firsthand experiences with tomcat and the above free java virtual machines. Here's how I got it to run with kaffe's CVS: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg03287.

Re: Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Jan Schulz
Hello Dj, Sunday, October 5, 2003, 1:13:52 PM, you wrote: > I note when looking through the package lists that there quite a few GPL > java environments available: First of all: Neither Blackdown and IBM JDK 1.1 are GPL. Both are 'sun derived' and under their license. Also, I'm fairly sure, that

Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Dj Statik
Greetings List, I am having to install a Java VM on my Debian shell server for a couple of clients who have requested it. I note when looking through the package lists that there quite a few GPL java environments available: * gij * kaffe * sablevm * Blackdown JDK * IBM JDK 1.1.8 and several com

Installing a Java VM on Debian

2003-10-05 Thread Dj Statik
Greetings List, I am having to install a Java VM on my Debian shell server for a couple of clients who have requested it. I note when looking through the package lists that there quite a few GPL java environments available: * gij * kaffe * sablevm * Blackdown JDK * IBM JDK 1.1.8 and several com