Subject: Re: Which java for mozilla plugin??
To: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
From: Nicholas Ricketts <nightshade@phreaker.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/15/2003 22:05:27
Does the java pkg in pkgsrc/wip for 1.1.3 a native one. It seems to be
downloading a bunch of compat rpm's?? I am refering to /pkgsrc/wip/jdk13.


On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Todd Vierling wrote:
> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:08:39 -0400 (EDT)
> To: Nicholas Ricketts <nightshade@phreaker.net>
> From: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
> Subject: Re: Which java for mozilla plugin??
> 
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Nicholas Ricketts wrote:
> 
> : Which java should I use for mozilla plugin. Which ones are known to run
> : native that actually work. I see that the 1.1.8 now runs native. Will
> that
> : version of java work for mozilla or do I have to use the 1.1.3 java
> from
> : pkgsrc/wip??
> 
> You'll need jdk13 from pkgsrc-wip.  Earlier versions of the JDK did not
> ship
> with the plugin (and the OJI plugin code didn't even exist until later
> JDK
> 1.2.x versions).
> 
> It works reasonably well.  I had one crash and one hand so far, but it
> has
> been fairly reliable for me.
> 
> -- 
> -- Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org> <tv@pobox.com>
>