[ltp] Gentoo on thinkpad?

[Peter B. West]

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Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:14, Peter B. West wrote:
> 
> 
>>3) the inability to set up a 1.5 based Java environment.
> 
> 
>>If you are serious about Java (by which I mean 1.5), don't install *any*
>>Gentoo Java.  Maintain your own Java environment.  It's not that difficult.
> 
> 
> ?
> 
> I do Java for a living, and I have no problem keeping 1.4.2.x & 1.5.x running 
> on my system.  'java-config' switches between them easily.
> 
> What difficulties did you find?
> 
> Bret

I can't recall the details, to tell you the truth.  But I was strongly 
advised to keep the system JVM as 1.4.2 and to set only my user as 1.5. 
The problem is something to do with updates for many Java-based packages 
being unable to compile with 1.5.

I have no reason to maintain a 1.4.2 installation.  I don't now.  I have 
only the 1.5.0_06 JDK, and all of the many Java support applications I 
require work without any dramas.  I rarely compile any of these apps, 
e.g. ant, xerces, xalan, so I haven't had to concern myself with 
winkling out any cases where simply setting -source 1.4 doesn't do the 
trick.

The Java guys at Gentoo assure me that the move to 1.5 is deeply 
problematical, and I'll take their word for.  But I haven't encountered 
any problems in my own move to a completely 1.5 system.

If anyone has a reason or desire to maintain dual environments, good 
luck to them.  I don't, and I don't see why I should be obliged to.

Incidentally, there are currently discussions going on about bringing 
1.5 out of the closet.

Peter
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Peter B. West <http://cv.pbw.id.au/>
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