Am Samstag, den 26.12.2009, 14:48 +0100 schrieb Mathieu Baudier: > Hello, > > I have quite a few issues with the default OpenJdk package on CentOS > 5.4 x86_64 (e.g. crash of Eclipse [1], and now excessive permgen > memory requirement causing the JVM to freeze and requiring a kill -9). > > These issues do not appear with a local build of the latest stable > IcedTea [2], so I am considering using a more recent version of the > JVM > (I am not running Red Hat certified Java apps). > > Does anyone know of ongoing efforts to provide recent versions of the > JDK as (S)RPMs? > > I found some in CentOS Testing [3] but they date back from July 2008 > and are b09 whereas current is b16. > > Thanks in advance for any hints! > > Cheers, > > Mathieu > I also see more issues with the latest OpenJDK packages (1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5) than with the release before (1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5). It seems the -1.7.b09 sometimes hast jvm crashes if memory gets low. Chris financial.com AG Munich head office/Hauptsitz München: Maria-Probst-Str. 19 | 80939 München | Germany Frankfurt branch office/Niederlassung Frankfurt: Messeturm | Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49 | 60327 Frankfurt | Germany Management board/Vorstand: Dr. Steffen Boehnert | Dr. Alexis Eisenhofer | Dr. Yann Samson | Matthias Wiederwach Supervisory board/Aufsichtsrat: Dr. Dr. Ernst zur Linden (chairman/Vorsitzender) Register court/Handelsregister: Munich – HRB 128 972 | Sales tax ID number/St.Nr.: DE205 370 553 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos