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From: Curt Finch <curt@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: jdk on freebsd
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 13:11:42 -0600
Organization: Jump Point Communications, Inc.
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Martin Cracauer wrote:
> 
> Curt Finch <curt@tkg.com> writes:
> 
> >On FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE the JDK i have problems, such as
> 
> >    ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libc.so.3.0"
> 
> >i have no such libc on my box.  The readme says
> 
> >       Q: Which version of FreeBSD does this work on?
> >       A: I run the -current version of FreeBSD, so that's the
> >               only version which I've verified.
> 
> >What version do i need to upgrade to to make this work?  'current'
> >changes doesn't it?
> 
> >What is the lowest level release that jdk works on?   does anyone
> >know?  I'm not sure if i should go to 2.2 yet since it's still beta.
> 
> Recently the 2.1.x-branch had the neccessary code added in libc to run
> the JDK. I don' know when exactly it was introduced, but 2.1.5 doesn't
> work and it should on 2.1.6[.1], which is a formal release and solid.
> 
> To run the JDK in such an environment, create a symbolic link in
> /usr/lib "ln -s libc.so.2.2 libc.so.3.0".

Thanks Martin,
Someone else mentioned some freebsd mailing list archives, where are
those?

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| Curt Finch             Phoenix Net-Tek LLC             512-795-0709 |
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