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Native Java JDK 1.3.1 Support For FreeBSD

Posted by simoniker on from the latest-and-greatest-revisited dept.

ap writes "Justin T. Gibbs, of the FreeBSD Foundation, announced today the availability of a native binary release of the Java JDK 1.3.1 for FreeBSD. He also mentioned that more attention will now be focused on providing a release of the 1.4.x JDK. Such developments should allow for FreeBSD to be better suited for enterprise uses."

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  1. Stupid Question by boris_the_hacker · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ok, this is probably a stupid question that could probably be solved by a little googling, but I shall ask anyway, does this mean that Java can finally be run on FreeBSD or is this just a native port of a JVM (where previous JVM's have been running in some form of emulation) ?

    Is it only now that FreeBSD people can run Java code ?

    Sorry if this is stupid but I have never played with FreeBSD.

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    1. Re:Stupid Question by markv242 · · Score: 3, Interesting
      Actually, even the compiled-with-patches version of the 1.3 JDK was listed as not being production ready. Therefore, probably not safe to use for your applications.

      If this is truly production ready 1.3 JDK (1.3, guys? Surely you could have gotten 1.4 done in the same time) then FreeBSD is once again a serious Java hosting environment.

  2. Just to be clear by Moridineas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This doesn't mean that you previously couldn't run Java on FreeBSD. You could previously built a native java binary (though you needed to install the Linux JDK first) or you could run the Linux JDK directly.

    Now the FreeBSD binaries are certified by Sun (which apparently is hard as anything to get done) and they can be distributed directly as a binary.

  3. Native Threads Support? by slagdogg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does this version actually include support for native threads? IIRC, there has been a "native" version of the JDK for FreeBSD for a while now but it only supported green threads when I last looked.

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  4. 1.3.1?? by John+Seminal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That is an older version of the JVM which will be missing some classes that are being used by Java programmers. So much for being up to date.

    BTW, why are they only now getting around to offering the Java SDK on BSD? Is there something more difficult about running Java on BSD than on another OS like linux?

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  5. Re:Not a stupid question. by KrispyKringle · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Getting Java itself to run on FreeBSD was no problem for me. Getting Tomcat to work was pretty difficult, but as far as I can tell, this is largely due to Tomcat, not FreeBSD (as in, the same problems exist, to a greater or lesser extent, on Linux).

    Tomcat itself works fine, actually, but mod_jserv or mod_jk are a bit of an issue for me; jserv is no longer maintained and is outdated, while jk apparently doesn't play well with Apache 1.3. Like I said, this is apparently more of an issue with Tomcat than with FreeBSD. Though I did manage to get mod_jk and Tomcat working in a matter of minutes on Debian, this speaks more of the beauty of apt-get than the ease of mod_jk or Tomcat installation.

  6. Re:Native Java! Now FreeBSDers ... by butane_bob2003 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Um, those layers of logical infrastructure and indirection are called interfaces and they are there to provide abstractions and encapsulation. Which can be very nice in large systems. I started with bash, perl, c, and PHP, but for rapid development of enterprise apps, Java won out. The only thing _close to J2EE is .NET, which is a complete rip off of J2EE (and a complete mess in places). I've worked on web systems hacked together in Perl using a bunch of CPAN modules, none of it comes close to a real development framework. Not to bash perl or anything, but just because you can do something cool using two non-descriptive characters does not mean you should. I dont get paid for using less keystrokes.

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  7. Re:Native Java! Now FreeBSDers ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I am glad for BSD folks, but SUN released 1.3.1 at may 2001. With such a seriously long lag no serious Java developer would consider FreeBSD as suitable platform for Java apps.

  8. Re:If you want a universal Programming language by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I am glad for BSD folks, but SUN released 1.3.1 at may 2001. With such a long, long lag, I'm afraid no serious Java developer would consider FreeBSD as suitable platform for Java apps.