On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:37:42PM +0200, David Jardine wrote: | | May I ask one more stupid question? I don't understand the | exact connection between kernel versions and distribution | versions. I tried to upgrade from slink to potato but found | that the one thing I really needed (jdk) had been replaced by | something else (jikes and kaffe) that I couldn't get working. | Will I have problems if I try to install the stuff from my | slink CDs on my potato system?
I think slink used libc5 which is incompatible with libc6. You would need the libc5 backwards-compatibility package. Why is it that kaffe didn't work for you? You might be able to get the jdk for potato from the blackdown people. I have heard that IBM's jvm is really good. jikes is a a good and fast compiler -- I use it at work. -D
