Re: tools.jar and free Java code

To: Shyamal Prasad <shyamalprasad@verizon.net>
Cc: debian-java@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: tools.jar and free Java code
From: Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:07:38 -0500
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Shyamal Prasad wrote:
|     "Arnaud" == Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org> writes:
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|     >> Perhaps even lib/tools.jar, or is that a Sun thing only?
|
|     Arnaud> Yes it is.
|
| So would that mean that any Debian Java package that required
| tools.jar is not usable with a truly free Java at this time? Or is
| there a free tools.jar equivalent?
[...]
tools.jar is also present in IBM JDKs and Apple JDKs.  Isn't it part of
the specification?

Thanks,
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Barry Hawkins
All Things Computed
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