Re: Blackdown's jdk1.2.2 v3 does not run....

[David Teague <dbt@elentari.cs.wcu.edu>]

Hi folks

Looks like I'm answering my own question, in part because I did not
RTFM until after asking. I apologise for this all too common
peccadillo. 

This was a no brainer. My libc is older than Blackdown jdk 1.2.2
wants. Quoting from one of the README files:

	This is the Blackdown Java-Linux port of the Java 2 
	SDK Version 1.2.2 Release Candidate 3.

	[snip]

	Also note that this version needs at least a glibc-2.1.2 based
	system with a recent 2.2.xx kernel.  This build will not run
	with glibc-2.0 or glibc-2.1[.1].  The final release may come
 	with builds for older glibc versions, but the supported
	version will be based on glibc-2.1.2 or higher.

Apparently, I have glibc-2.0.7

So I have two questions:

1) Can I safely upgrade to libc-2.1.2 without going all the way to
Potato?  Please point me to the FM on this topic.

2) Is there a JDK 1.2 version that runs under Slink? Would one of
you who said you just untarred the tar ball and set the path to get
the jdk to work -- Please tell me your versions of libc and of jkd
you are using?

--David
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
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