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From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@gentoo.org>
To: Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@wix.com.au>
Subject: Re: Just a note - Updated Sparc Icedtea6
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:07:24 +0000
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:25:31 +1000
Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@wix.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Ferris,
>
> Sorry to email directly, you once said it was ok.
>
> I've got a drop in replacement for the current Icedtea6 ebuild, it
> enables sparc support.
>
> I've posted it to the usual place.
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/159780
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dylan
>
Thanks,
I'll look at it later this week.
===========================
Sparc people,
I've looked at Dylan's ebuild. It does enable sparc support for IcedTea6, it installs
it correctly, and java-config sees it and will correctly enable it.
I am not a java expert. However, I did test it briefly with the netlogo simulation
program (netlogo-4.0.3, available from third parties) and it can run a few of the demo
models (I have not done an exhaustive check). This is a *major* step --- we've never
before even able to get this program to load.
Thus, if any of you have been wanting java or need it on sparc, please give the
ebuild icedtea6-bin-1.4.1.ebuild a test. If it looks good to you, I'll work with the
java people to drop it into the tree. It's a replacement for the existing ebuild,
and we can easily distribute the sparc-specific parts of the distfiles to the
mirrors.
Dylan, many thanks for all your efforts --- looks like this might be a winner. Are
you ever on IRC? If so, I'd like a few minutes of your time. (Yes, I see that
there are time zone issues.)
Thanks and regards,
Ferris
Regards,
Ferris
--
Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@gentoo.org>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
--
Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@gentoo.org>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@gentoo.org>
To: Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@wix.com.au>
Subject: Re: Just a note - Updated Sparc Icedtea6
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:07:24 +0000
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:25:31 +1000
Dylan Wakefield <dylanw@wix.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Ferris,
>
> Sorry to email directly, you once said it was ok.
>
> I've got a drop in replacement for the current Icedtea6 ebuild, it
> enables sparc support.
>
> I've posted it to the usual place.
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/159780
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dylan
>
Thanks,
I'll look at it later this week.
===========================
Sparc people,
I've looked at Dylan's ebuild. It does enable sparc support for IcedTea6, it installs
it correctly, and java-config sees it and will correctly enable it.
I am not a java expert. However, I did test it briefly with the netlogo simulation
program (netlogo-4.0.3, available from third parties) and it can run a few of the demo
models (I have not done an exhaustive check). This is a *major* step --- we've never
before even able to get this program to load.
Thus, if any of you have been wanting java or need it on sparc, please give the
ebuild icedtea6-bin-1.4.1.ebuild a test. If it looks good to you, I'll work with the
java people to drop it into the tree. It's a replacement for the existing ebuild,
and we can easily distribute the sparc-specific parts of the distfiles to the
mirrors.
Dylan, many thanks for all your efforts --- looks like this might be a winner. Are
you ever on IRC? If so, I'd like a few minutes of your time. (Yes, I see that
there are time zone issues.)
Thanks and regards,
Ferris
Regards,
Ferris
--
Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@gentoo.org>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
--
Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@gentoo.org>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
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