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<h2>September, 2005</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>September 3, 2005:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
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second patchset in the &jdk; 1.5 series. See the
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<a href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>January, 2005</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>January 19, 2005:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
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initial patchset (patchset 1) in the &jdk; 1.5 series. See the
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<a href="dists/15.html">JDK 1.5.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>December, 2004</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>December 13, 2004:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
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seventh patchset (patchset 7) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
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<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>November, 2004</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>November 25, 2004:</b>
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<br>A <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1029">
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security vulnerability</a> was announced in the Java browser plugin. The
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jdk14 port was fixed in 1.4.2p6_7. The jdk13 port is still vulnerable.
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You can check the exact ports and versions which are vulnerable
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<a href="http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ac619d06-3ef8-11d9-8741-c942c075aa41.html">here</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>December, 2003</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>December 30, 2003:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
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sixth patchset (patchset 6) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
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<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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<li><b>December 19, 2003:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
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updated patchset (patchset 9) for the &jdk; 1.3.1 software. See the
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<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>November, 2003</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>November 11, 2003:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
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fifth patchset (patchset 5) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
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<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>October, 2003</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>October 10, 2003:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
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fourth patchset (patchset 4) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
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<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>August, 2003</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>August 26, 2003:</b>
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<br>The FreeBSD Foundation
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<a href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/20030825-java131.shtml">
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announces</a> native support for &jdk; 1.3.1 on FreeBSD.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March, 2003</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>March 7, 2003:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
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third patchset (patchset 3) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
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<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>February, 2003</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>February 12, 2003:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
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updated patchset (patchlevel 8) for the &jdk; 1.3.1 software. See the
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<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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<li><b>February 4, 2003:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released the
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second patchset (patchset 2) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the
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<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>November, 2002</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>November 15, 2002:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released a
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first patchset (patchlevel 1) for the &jdk; 1.4.0 software. See the
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<a href="dists/14.html">JDK 1.4.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September, 2002</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>September 18, 2002:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
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updated patchset (patchlevel 11) for the &jdk; 1.2.2 software. See the
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<a href="dists/12.html">JDK 1.2.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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<li><b>September 17, 2002:</b>
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<br>Right after Sun released J2SE 1.4.1 FCS, the Linux version was made
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available in the FreeBSD Ports system. See
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<a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/">J2SE 1.4.1 page</a> for more
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details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>July, 2002</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>July 26, 2002:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
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updated patchset (patchlevel 7) for the &jdk; 1.3.1 software. See the
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<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>February, 2002</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>February 13, 2002:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
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updated patchset (patchlevel 6) for the &jdk; 1.3.1 software. See the
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<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>December, 2001</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>December 22, 2001:</b>
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<br>
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<p>This was posted to announce@FreeBSD.org:</p>
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<p>
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The FreeBSD Foundation has secured a license from Sun Microsystems to
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distribute a native FreeBSD version of both the Java Development Kit (&jdk;)
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and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Thanks to the great efforts of
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the FreeBSD Java team, these should be available for inclusion with the
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upcoming release of FreeBSD 4.5 in January, 2002.</p>
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<p>
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The general availability of a distributable version of Java will
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benefit end users, commercial users, and developers who use FreeBSD.
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Java continues to grow in popularity and has become heavily used in
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server side web applications, one of FreeBSD's core areas of strength.
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With an officially licensed binary Java distribution, FreeBSD becomes
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an ideal platform for execution, development, and deployment of Java
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based solutions.</p>
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<p>
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This agreement would not have been possible without the efforts of
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<a href="mailto:nate@FreeBSD.org">Nate Williams</a>. Nate not only
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started the FreeBSD Java porting effort, but also brought Sun Microsystems
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and the Foundation together to negotiate a license.</p>
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<p>
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You can find full text of the announcement
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<a href="http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=2602">here</a>.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>October, 2001</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>October 16, 2001:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
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updated patchset (patchlevel 5) for the &jdk; 1.3.1 software. See the
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<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September, 2001</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>September 10, 2001:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released an
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updated patchset (patchlevel 4) for the &jdk; 1.3.1 software. See the
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<a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x page</a> for more details.</li>
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<li><b>September 6, 2001:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:sobomax@FreeBSD.org">Maxim Sobolev</a> has created a
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port of the Sun's <a href="http://www.sun.com/forte/ffj/index.html">Forte[tm]
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for Java[tm]</a>, release 3.0 Community Edition integrated development
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environment (IDE). It can now be built from the ports directory
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ports/java/forte.
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<p>The port can be used either with native &jdk; 1.3.1, or with Linux
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&jdk; 1.3.1.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>August, 2001</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>August 27, 2001:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:glewis@FreeBSD.org">Greg Lewis</a> has released a
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long-awaited port of the &jdk; 1.3.1 software. It can now be built from the
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ports directory ports/java/jdk13. See <a href="dists/13.html">JDK 1.3.x</a>
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for more details.
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<p>It should be noted that this is very much a developer-only release and it
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is not recommended for use in production environment.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>October, 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>October 14, 2000:</b>
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<br><a href="mailto:sobomax@FreeBSD.org">Maxim Sobolev</a> has produced a
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port of the &jdk; 1.2.2 software. It can now be built from the ports directory
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ports/java/jdk12-beta. See <a href="dists/12.html">JDK 1.2.x</a> for more details.
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<p>All the issues noted below are still in place, however.</p>
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<p>So anyone who has a Java2 port you've been waiting on submitting, now is your chance.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September, 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>September 15, 2000:</b> From the Java news desk:
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<br><a href="mailto:sean@stat.duke.edu">Sean O'Connell</a> and
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<a href="mailto:gallatin@cs.duke.edu">Andrew Gallatin</a> have created
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patches to enable FreeBSD to run IBM's &jdk; 1.3.
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<br><a href="mailto:ernst@jollem.com">Ernst de Haan</a> has been able to
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get Sun's Linux &jdk; 1.3.0b9 running on 4.0-STABLE.
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<p>Full details on both can be found <a href="dists/13.html">here</a>.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>August, 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>August 10, 2000:</b> On August 7th, 2000, the FreeBSD &jdk; team
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was given access to Sun's JCK (Java Compatibility Kit),
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which will allow us to test and (hopefully!)
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release a binary version using the current set of patches.
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Unfortunately, we are unable (for legal reasons) to distribute a &jdk;
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that hasn't been run against the JCK like we were able to with the
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&jdk; 1.1.* releases.
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<p>Unfortunately, as told by Sun (we have no experience *yet*), running the
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JCK against the port is a difficult and time-consuming process.
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Hopefully it won't take us the 3 months that Sun expects it to take. :(</p>
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<p>Finally, there are still some issues regarding Motif® that need to be
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resolved before a full public release can be made. Sun is working on
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that front, and we need to try contacting the OpenGroup to see if we can
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get a special exception for Motif binary distributions to use in the &jdk;
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release.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>May, 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>May 3, 2000:</b> Native &jdk; 1.2.2 port enters alpha test phase
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<br>Greg Lewis has just announced that the native FreeBSD &jdk; 1.2.2 port
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has entered alpha test stage.
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<br>In its current form, the port will build and run on most FreeBSD releases
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(3.4, 4.0 and 5.0 on x86) and work is being done on the others (2.2.8 on x86
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and 4.0 alpha). Most demo applets and applications run.
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<br>Currently we are looking for enthusiasts who are willing to spend a
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little time testing the new port. While this is not a trivial task, there are
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clear step-by-step instructions on how to build and use the port.
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<br>The patches may be found, as usual on:
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<br><a href="http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk.html">http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk.html</a>
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<br>More information, open issues and step-by-step instructions may be found at:
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<br><a href="http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html">http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html</a></li>
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<li><b>May 1, 2000:</b> Request for Enhancement - Now the number 1 RFE
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<br>We have petitioned Sun to provide an official FreeBSD JDK2 port. We are
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currently in <b>1st</b> place in the vote count. If you are a member of the
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Java Developer's Connection (it's free), you can vote for it as well
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<a href="http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html">http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March, 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>March 22, 2000:</b> Pre-Alpha &jdk; 1.2.2 patches available.
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<br>Greg Lewis releases the pre-alpha patches for enterprising
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Java users to build their own native FreeBSD &jdk; 1.2.2 from. This
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process is not for the faint of heart, and the resulting &jdk; is not for
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production systems. Having said that, most AWT and Swing demo's have been
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found to run. There is plenty of work to do, and we need all the testers we
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can find. Patches and build instructions may be downloaded from
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<a href="http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsd-jdk122-patches-latest.tar.gz">
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http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsd-jdk122-patches-latest.tar.gz</a>. Currently open
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issues and test results may be found at
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<a href="http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html">
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http://www.kjkoster.org/java/index.html.</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>January, 2000</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>January 30, 2000:</b> Blackdown 1.2.2RC4 &jdk;
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<br>The Linux Blackdown Port Team has released RC4 of &jdk; 1.2. It has
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been tested on FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE and later and runs all demo applets
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and jfc demos. Several people have mentioned some problems running it with
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Apache JServ. Until it can be added to the FreeBSD port tree, it can be found
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at <a href="http://www.jmcm.org/tech/ports/linux_jdk.html">
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http://www.jmcm.org/tech/ports/linux_jdk.html</a>. (Reported by Jose Marques)</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>November, 1999</h2><ul>
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<li><b>November 28, 1999:</b>Request for Enhancement
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<br>We have petitioned Sun to provide an official FreeBSD JDK2 port. We are currently in <b>2nd</b> place in the vote count. If you are a member of the Java Developer's Connection (it's free), you can vote for it as well <a href="http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html">http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html</a></li>
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<li><b>November 9, 1999:</b>Another &jdk; 1.1.8 release to fix a separate class of multicast bugs.
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nate/JDK1.1/jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-11-9.tar.gz">jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-11-9.tar.gz</a>.
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For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
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<li>
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<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nate/JDK1.1/jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-11-9.tar.gz">jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-11-9.tar.gz</a>.
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For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format. Note, due to a
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number of changes in -CURRENT, the &jdk; may not work properly.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>October, 1999</h2><ul>
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<li><b>October 11, 1999:</b> Work has re-started on the Java2/&jdk; 1.2 port.
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Expect an early 'alpha' release in the coming weeks for FreeBSD
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3.3-stable/ELF boxes.</li></ul>
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<h2>September, 1999</h2><ul>
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<li><b>September 22, 1999:</b> Re-rolled the &jdk; 1.1.8 yet again to fixup
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some minor bugs that people have found, as well as to speedup the &jdk;.
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For details checkout the README.FreeBSD supplied in the releases.
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<ul>
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<li>jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-9-22.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
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<li>jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-9-22.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>July, 1999</h2><ul>
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<li><b>July 19, 1999:</b> Re-rolled the &jdk; 1.1.8 release to fix a couple of
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minor (but annoying bugs). First, the netpatch (see below) was
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incorporated into the build, and second an annoying Floating Point bug
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was found and fixed. The latter bug affected multi-threaded code that
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did floating point calculations and based on the code could produce
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completely bogus results.
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<ul>
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<li>jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-7-19.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
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<li>jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-7-19.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><b>July 2, 1999:</b> Organization of FreeBSD 'CommAPI' porting team which
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is an effort to make
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<a href="http://java.sun.com/products/javacomm/index.html">JAVA's CommAPI</a>
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freely available to the FreeBSD community. Project is coordinated by
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<a href="mailto:jdricot@ulb.ac.be?subject=JAVA CommAPI: "> DRICOT Jean-Michel</a> and
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will officially be maintained in
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<a href="http://student.ulb.ac.be/~jdricot/commapi/">http://student.ulb.ac.be/~jdricot/commapi/</a>.
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Feel free to contact him if you want to join the project.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>June, 1999</h2><ul>
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<li><b>June 8, 1999:</b> A small bug was found in the &jdk; 1.1.8 release which
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affected people using UDP sockets. If you tried to send a packet to the
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broadcast address, the FreeBSD &jdk; refused with a permissions error.
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This error was fixed, and rather than re-releasing the entire release a
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small patchset was re-rolled for those folks who are experiencing this
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problem. If you experience this problem, feel free to download the
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gzipped tarfile and untar it wherever you installed the jdk. It will
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install itself over top of the old version. If you aren't experiencing
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the bug, there is no need to apply the patch, although it wouldn't hurt.
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="AOUT.netpatch.tar.gz">AOUT.netpatch.tar.gz</a>.
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For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
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<li>
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<a href="ELF.netpatch.tar.gz">ELF.netpatch.tar.gz</a>.
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For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><b>June 3, 1999:</b> &jdk; 1.1.8 for A.OUT and ELF releases. This release
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adds support for older 3.*/ELF releases (without requiring any runtime
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loader changes), as well as fixes bugs in LOCALE and timezone support
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for all FreeBSD releases.
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<ul>
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<li>jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-6-3.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
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<li>jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-6-3.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><b>June 1, 1999:</b> JDK2 status
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<ul>
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<li>
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Work on &jdk; 1.2/JDK2 has been going very slow as the development team has
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been focusing it's effort on solid JDK1 releases. For most JDK2 development
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issues, you can use the JDK1 release and the
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<a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/index.html#download-swing">Swing</a>
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releases provided by Sun for JDK1, which works very well under FreeBSD.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>April, 1999</h2><ul>
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<li><b>Apr. 16, 1999:</b> New &jdk; 1.1.7 A.OUT release. This fixes build
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problems in the March release. A new ELF release will be made to
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support older 3.0 releases as well sometime in the near future.
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<ul>
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<li>jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-4-16.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March, 1999</h2><ul>
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<li><b>Mar. 26, 1999:</b> ELF support for &jdk; 1.1.7, as well as a new A.OUT
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release which includes minor bugfixes.
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<ul>
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<li>jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-3-24.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.</li>
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<li>jdk1.1.7_ELF.V99-3-25.tar.gz.
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For FreeBSD versions 3.x and 4 which use the ELF binary format. <b>Note</b>:
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This requires changes made to the runtime loader to support dladdr()
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functionality made on 1999/3/24. You will need to be running 3.1-stable
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or 4.0-current dated later than 1999/3/24. If you don't have the new loader
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binary or are not tracking -stable or -current, you can download it
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from <a href="ld-elf.so.1">here</a> and install it as
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/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 (you need to be root to do this):
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<pre># install -c -s -o bin -g bin -m 555 -C -fschg <b>ld-elf.so.1</b> /usr/libexec</pre></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><b>Mar. 16, 1999:</b> Updates on current development:
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<ul>
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<li>
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ELF &jdk; 1.1.7 : An ELF build of &jdk; 1.1.7 (for use on FreeBSD 3.x and later)
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is currently entering it's initial internal testing phase. A beta
|
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release should be available in a few weeks.</li>
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<li>
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JDK2 (aka &jdk; 1.2): Several individuals are working on porting JDK2 to
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FreeBSD, but the work is progressing slowly. This is primarily due to a
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lack of developer time to work on this project. (The release of
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Blackdown's JDK2 port will assist our development when they release
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their source diffs.)</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>December, 1998</h2><ul><li>
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<b>Dec. 21, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.7.V98-12-21.tar.gz.
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<ul>
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<li>
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Bugfix version of &jdk; 1.1.7. Thanks go to Keith White who tracked down a
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couple annoying (and serious) bugs in the &jdk;, notably the modulo bug. This
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release also has the 256 file-descriptor limit bumped up to 2048. The JRE
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should also be much more usable, again thanks to Keith.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>November, 1998</h2><ul><li>
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<b>Nov. 14, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz.
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<ul>
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<li>
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Updated to &jdk; 1.1.7. Thanks go to
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Patrick Gardella <a href="mailto:patrick@FreeBSD.org">patrick@FreeBSD.org</a>
|
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who provided most of the testing for this release.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September, 1998</h2><ul><li>
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<b>Sept 23, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.6.V98-9-23.tar.gz.
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<ul>
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<li>
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The August 14 build had jre incorrectly linked in both the &jdk; and the JRE,
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so a new release was rebuilt with the correct linkage. Otherwise, there were
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no changes from the older release.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>August, 1998</h2><ul><li>
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<b>Aug 22, 1998:</b>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Updated page to list numerous sites who have agreed to mirror the &jdk;
|
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and provide ftp access. Thanks to all!</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><b>Aug 14, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.6.V98-8-14.tar.gz.
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<ul>
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<li>
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The SO_REUSEADDR option is now correctly set on ServerSockets (may affect
|
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other sockets as well.)</li>
|
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>July, 1998</h2><ul><li>
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<b>July 21, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.6.V98-7-21.tar.gz.
|
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<ul>
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<li>
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Updated port to &jdk; 1.1.6. Thanks go to
|
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Keith White <a href="mailto:kwhite@site.uottawa.ca">kwhite@site.uottawa.ca</a>
|
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who did most of the work to make this release happen!</li>
|
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<li>
|
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More standard 'naming' for java.version and such.</li>
|
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<li>
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Fixes for UDP/Multicast sockets.</li>
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<li>
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The signal abort error may be fixed (knock on wood).</li>
|
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<li>
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Add support for the "KOI8-R" and "CP866" encodings.</li>
|
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<li>
|
|
Timezone's now work correctly under FreeBSD (this required some native
|
|
code, but it is embedded in the &jdk; so shouldn't affect users. However,
|
|
FreeBSD has one of the few (only?) VM's that correctly support Timezones
|
|
now).</li>
|
|
<li>
|
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sysRmdir() now correctly removes directories.</li>
|
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<li>
|
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Link in the xpg4 library to support CJK locales.</li>
|
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</ul></li>
|
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</ul>
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<h2>May, 1998</h2><ul><li>
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<b>May 5, 1998:</b>
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Updated page to include instruction on how to get Sun's JWS (Java Work
|
|
Shop) working under FreeBSD.</li>
|
|
</ul></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>February, 1998</h2><ul><li>
|
|
<b>February 25, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.5.V98-2-25.tar.gz.
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>
|
|
&jdk;'s built on 2.2.2 should now work again.</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
The AWT now correctly sets the Window name.</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Fixed obscure bug that could cause a core dump if you hit a button in a
|
|
dialog box multiple times.</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Fixed bug where SHMEM wasn't released when using images, causing a leak.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<b>February 12, 1998:</b>
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Johan Larsson graciously provided an ftp mirror site
|
|
for the &jdk;, so if you have an aversion to using HTTP, then feel free to
|
|
grab it from his site.</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Replaced the 'Steaming Cup of Java' logo with the 'Jump to Java' logo,
|
|
which is more politically (and legally) acceptable to SUN's lawyers.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<b>February 9, 1998:</b> jdk1.1.5.V98-2-8.tar.gz.
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Fixed bugs in Process.waitFor()</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Modified the way the Motif library was linked in. This will allow anyone
|
|
with a Motif library (static or dynamic) to build their own &jdk; once the
|
|
patchkit is released. If their Motif license allows for it, they can also
|
|
make binary releases available.</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Non blocking reads on PIPE did not work reliably on all versions of the
|
|
OS.</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Multicast now works.</li>
|
|
</ul></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>January, 1998</h2><ul><li>
|
|
<b>January, 1998:</b>
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>
|
|
Organization of FreeBSD &jdk; porting team, which now jointly creates new
|
|
&jdk; releases for FreeBSD.</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
New &jdk; 1.1.5 binary, which has Motif statically compiled in. (Unfortunately,
|
|
this release was lost in a disk crash on the ftp server.)</li>
|
|
</ul></li>
|
|
</ul>
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