Re: [gentoo-java] Java and AMD64

[Geoff Mishkin <gmishkin@acs.bu.edu>]

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What about the IBM JDK?  Its stable amd64 version (SR3) is no longer available 
from the "Older Downloads" section.  It shows up initially, but when you 
actually sign in and get to the page where you select your download with a 
radio button, SR3 is no longer present.  However its ~amd64 version (SR4) is, 
and is still generation 1.  Is that just as feasible?

				--Geoff Mishkin <gmishkin@bu.edu>


On Thursday 29 June 2006 17:08, Joshua Nichols wrote:
> Calvin Austin wrote:
> > The blackdown 1.4.2 JDK has most of the Sun Java 5 amd64 changes,
> > however I would strongly recommend Miroslav that you don't use 1.4.2
> > for amd64 bit. Apart from being over 4 years old there are some linux
> > issues that we could only fix in 5.0.
>
> That may be true, but a 1.4 JDK is still necessary for building packages
> that don't like 1.5, and Blackdown is the option you have on AMD64. For
> end-users though, certainly, go with a 1.5 JDK.
>
> - Josh

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