I have not seen any issues with the JPackage Fedora RPMs, and have been running with them for about 2 months now.
I just followed the instructions here: http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/JPackage_Java_for_FC4 They even let you easily switch between Java implementation using an "Alternatives" system. --- Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason van Zyl wrote: > > > > > Have you ever tried using a cleaning installed > Redhat and trying to use > > the Java stuff that's installed? In the recent > past I spent an hour > > trying to figure out why AMQ tests were failing > and it was because gjc > > was picking stuff up instead of the JDK I > installed. Then I had to go > > remove some packages and nuke some weird symlinks. > Multiply that by who > > knows how many people using Java on RedHat and I > hope you understand. > > > You need better diagnostics. > I (accidentally) tested on the default JVMs last > month, and did find > things break in interesting ways. The fact that the > system in question > was a firewall and an SSH-connection away merely > complicated the matter. > > Nowadays we catch bits, such as here where I use > reflection to load in a > class that implements sun.misc.SignalHandler, and > which doesnt load on > gjc Java. > > if (addShutdownHook) { > try { > Class irqHandlerClass = > Class.forName(INTERRUPT_HANDLER); > Constructor constructor = > irqHandlerClass.getConstructor(new Class[0]); > InterruptHandler > handler=(InterruptHandler) > constructor.newInstance(new Object[0]); > handler.bind("INT", sfLog()); > } catch (Exception e) { > sfLog().error("Could not create an > interrupt handler > from "+ INTERRUPT_HANDLER > +"\nSmartFrog may be > running on a JVM which > does not support this feature",e); > } > } > > We could go the other way and detect when we were > runing on a 'free' JVM > by looking for kaffe, classpath or harmony classes > and logging/warning > on that. Its not that we want to say 'you are > running on someone else's > JVM, stop it', so much as 'you are running on > something we have never > tested, please fix all the problems you encounter > and submit the patches > and test results' > > > Give me a break, I've actually tried this shit and > it doesn't work and > > it is extremely frustrating. I've used some form > of RedHat for a very > > long time and the Java stuff has yet to be a > satisfying experience. And > > that's what I'm afraid of for the user base. > > > > Jason. > > I concur, but dont think it always has to be this > way. I also think its > a shame that the mono experience on Linux is better > than the Java one. > Admittedly, Sun have been half the problem, but as > that is slowly being > addressed, the rest of the java world has to move up > to the challenge. > > Stefano M. is now running Gump on Harmony BTW. > > -steve > > > -Steve > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
