sysutils/tsm8, was: oracle-j{dk,re}8 removal proposal

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

Some more thoughts on sysutils/tsm8...

On 4/3/25 15:49, Hauke Fath wrote:
> Looks like they are not good enough:
>
> <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-error-after-upgrading-ibm- 
> storage-protect-client-8123-and-later/stub>
>
> I'll look into packaging that jdk.

Packaged as wip/ibm-semeru-jdk21, but fails on netbsd-10 linux emulation 
with

%  /usr/pkg/java/ibm-semeru-jdk21/bin/java -version
Error: Port Library failed to initialize: -86
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
%

<ftp://ftp.causeuse.org/pub/pkgsrc/ibm-semeru-jdk21-java-ktrace.gz>

We have been running TSM (aka IBM Spectrum Protect) for about 20 years 
on NetBSD in linux emulation, and it has always been very self-contained 
and undemanding. Upstream switching its GUI dependency from a 
conservative choice of JDK to an obscure, bleeding-edge one is a 
peculiar development.

Now, netbsd-10 linux emulation has broken sysutils/tsm8 (PR kern/58677), 
any GUI machines are not likely to run netbsd-9, and (our) servers tend 
to be fine with the dsmc CLI. So I am inclined to punt, and mark the 
java option as BROKEN for lack of a suitable JDK.

Comments, especially from people using tsm8?

Cheerio,
Hauke

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