Re: RH9.2 and MySQL and Java

[John Haxby <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Kenny - CPX Mngd Services wrote:

> What is gcj ? I assumed it was an addition to the Gnu Compiler Collection
> and that it generated byte code that would be interpreted and executed by a
> JVM. /usr/bin/java behaves like a JVM, so what is it really ?
>  
gcj can produced both java bytecodes and excutable code.  For the latter 
it needs a run-time library that provides a lot of the functionality of 
the JVM.   Last time I tried it (and it was a while ago) it didn't 
support NIO, which is a pity.  Still doesn't.  Shame.  More info on 
http://gcc.gnu.org/java/ -- including some interesting stuff I hadn't 
noticed before ...

> As for MySQL, pity ! I wasted some time yesterday attempting to execute a
> stored proc on version 3
>
> Ah well, it keeps me out of the pub :-)
>  
I would guess that the next RH (the beta of which should be out in a 
little while) will have mysql 4, although there's nothing in rawhide at 
the moment.  You can always download the RPMs from www.mysql.com 
yourself.   Be careful though -- they're build rather differently to the 
RH ones.

jch