[Aurora-sparc-user] Is it possible to run Solaris Sparc apps on Aurora?

[Ashley Wilson]

This is my understanding... I read an interview in Linux Mag (I think)
regarding Sun's open-source initiative (specifically Solaris).  Sun claims
that one of the problems with opening up all the code is that they didn't
write all of it.  There are portions of code that are closed and they have
to get permission from the author to release it in an open source package,
and some code is so badly documented they have a team of people
investigating to find out who exactly contributed it based on stylistic
properties in the code.  That is likely the reason we're waiting on a true
open-source Java.  However, they need to get off of their @$$es and compile
Java 5 for SPARC/Linux.  I suspect they are holding out on that to force
people with SPARC hardware wanting to use Java to use Solaris instead of
their distro of choice.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Scot P. Floess [mailto:floess at mindspring.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:54 PM
To: Ashley Wilson
Subject: Re: [Aurora-sparc-user] Is it possible to run Solaris Sparc apps on
Aurora?

I wish I understood why (probably because I didn't read all the 
instructions through) one needs a bootstrap JDK????  It seems overly 
complicated to build the silly thing for sure.

Ashley Wilson wrote:
> I tried doing a cross-platform compile from x86 to sparc a couple of
different ways a little while back, had no luck.  I'm holding out hope for a
self-bootstrapping JDK source.
>
> -ash
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scot P. Floess <floess at mindspring.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:36 AM
> To: aurora-user <aurora-sparc-user at lists.auroralinux.org>
> Subject: [Aurora-sparc-user] Is it possible to run Solaris Sparc apps on
Aurora?
>
> I've been looking for a way to run Solaris JDK under Aurora.  I've had a 
> terrible time building any modern JDK under Aurora (considering 
> Blackdown seems stagnant).  Instead of my laboring more hours...it'd be 
> great if I could just download the Solaris Sparc JDK and run it under 
> Aurora :)
>
> If anyone has any hints or can point me in the right direction - I'd be 
> eternally grateful :)
>
> Flossy
>
>   

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