Mike Kenny - CPX Mngd Services said: > Yes I did mean 9 - sorry I had been using 7.2 previously and just couldn't > let go of the 2 :-) > > As for the JVM, I assumed there was one as the java and javac commands > were > supported. java -version reports itself to be 'java version 1.3.1'. > Perhaps > somebody doctored the CDs before I received them in an effort to make my > life easier. > > And thanks for the information on IBM's JVM - it is nice to know it isn't > something I am doing wrong. > It appears I stand corrected: [whooper@xxxxxxxx whooper]$ rpm -qilp jdkgcj-0.2.3-5.i386.rpm Name : jdkgcj Relocations: /usr Version : 0.2.3 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 5 Build Date: Sat 15 Feb 2003 12:39:28 PM EST Install Date: (not installed) Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com Group : Development/Languages Source RPM: jdkgcj-0.2.3-5.src.rpm Size : 3624 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Mon 24 Feb 2003 01:27:20 AM EST, Key ID 219180cddb42a60e Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> URL : http://www.arklinux.org/projects/jdkgcj Summary : A free Java SDK Description : jdkgcj provides an interface to gcj that is compatible with the Sun and IBM Java Development Kits (JDKs). jdkgcj provides the javac, java and javah tools as well as jni.h, allowing you to compile java extensions using JNI. /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/javac /usr/bin/javah /usr/include/java /usr/include/javax /usr/include/jni.h /usr/include/jvmpi.h I would say that the version "1.3.1" is for Sun compatibility reasons. -- William Hooper
