Re: Need JDK1.1.7 compiled against RH6.0 glibc 2.x for Alpha

[Larry Sendlosky <larry scrugs lkg dec com>]

> This would be interesting, if it were not for the fact that the
> 64bit changes to
> the java code just haven't made it into  SUN's jdk source's.
> It is more likely
> that the 64bitness of the port is enhanced by the Dec's C compiler
> to gen 32bit pointers & stuff.
 
  Nope, no taso here... Sun never incorporated 64bit changes when I
  did the JDK 1.0x Dunix
  port, when OSF came out with their 1.0x Dunix port, and when Digital,
  now Compaq, made additional changes to 1.0x and beyond. (I've just
  seen the sources again for the 1st time in 2-3 years. I'm told
  we're still shipping diffs back to Sun with 64bit changes, so they
  may have incorporated some 64bit things, but not alot.)

  As you know, you only get the Solaris and Win32 reference sources
  when you get a license, so seeing 64bit changes would be unlikely.

  larry




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 Larry Sendlosky			 	            AMT
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