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	<font color="#FFFFFF"><a name="q1"> 1.</a></font>
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	  Is there a &jdk; 1.3 for FreeBSD?
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	  Yes.  You can build a native FreeBSD JDK from source, or download
	  pre-compiled binaries.  See the FreeBSD Java front page for more
	  information.
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	  <FONT color="#FFFFFF"><a name="q2"> 2.</a></font></TD>
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	  Can I use the Linux-Port from the Blackdown people?
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	  Some people reported success in doing so. Try the following:
	  Get the archive, extract it somewhere. Then apply the following diff: <br>
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	  --- bin/.java_wrapper.dist      Thu Jun  3 01:14:34 1999
	  +++ bin/.java_wrapper   Thu Oct 14 19:17:11 1999
	  @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
	  # Resolve symlinks. See 4152645.
	  while [ -h "$PRG" ]; do
	  ls=`/bin/ls -ld "$PRG"`
	  -    link=`/usr/bin/expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
	  -    if /usr/bin/expr "$link" : '/' > /dev/null; then
	  +    link=`/compat/linux/usr/bin/expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
	  +    if /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr "$link" : '/' > /dev/null; then
	  PRG="$link"
	  else
	  PRG="`/usr/bin/dirname $PRG`/$link"
	  @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
	  # Select vm type (if classic vm, also select thread type).
	  unset vmtype
	  unset ttype
	  -DEFAULT_THREADS_FLAG=native
	  +DEFAULT_THREADS_FLAG=green
	  if [ "x$1" = "x-hotspot" ]; then
	  vmtype=hotspot
	  ttype=native_threads
	  --- jre/bin/.java_wrapper.dist  Thu Jun  3 01:14:34 1999
	  +++ jre/bin/.java_wrapper       Thu Oct 14 19:32:06 1999
	  @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
	  # Resolve symlinks. See 4152645.
	  while [ -h "$PRG" ]; do
	  ls=`/bin/ls -ld "$PRG"`
	  -    link=`/usr/bin/expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
	  -    if /usr/bin/expr "$link" : '/' > /dev/null; then
	  +    link=`/compat/linux/usr/bin/expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
	  +    if /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr "$link" : '/' > /dev/null; then
	  PRG="$link"
	  else
	  PRG="`/usr/bin/dirname $PRG`/$link"
	  @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
	  # Select vm type (if classic vm, also select thread type).
	  unset vmtype
	  unset ttype
	  -DEFAULT_THREADS_FLAG=native
	  +DEFAULT_THREADS_FLAG=green
	  if [ "x$1" = "x-hotspot" ]; then
	  vmtype=hotspot
	  ttype=native_threads</pre><br> 
	  Thanks to Makoto MATSUSHITA (matusita@ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp)
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