Subject: Fw: Re: Which java for mozilla plugin??
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Nicholas Ricketts <nightshade@phreaker.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/15/2003 23:49:39
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Nicholas Ricketts wrote:
> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:05:30 PDT
> To: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
> From: Nicholas Ricketts <nightshade@phreaker.net>
> Reply-To: nightshade@phreaker.net
> Subject: Re: Which java for mozilla plugin??
>
>
> 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>
> >