Why FC4 using the Jpackage 1.4.2 Java?

Alexander Dalloz ad+lists at uni-x.org
Sat Jun 25 14:56:16 UTC 2005


Am Sa, den 25.06.2005 schrieb ha haha um 16:29:

>  I'm installing FC4 now, and find that FC4 uses
> Jpackage Java by default instead of Sun Java. 
> 
>  The Jpackage is based on Java 1.4.2, too old for
> security reasons and seems not recommended. 

That is simply wrong. Sun develops and maintains both Java 1.4.2 and 1.5
(5) in parallel. If you would look at java.sun.com you could quickly see
that. It is important to look at the number suffix: 1.4.2 is at _08 and
1.5 at Update 4. And www.jpackage.org offers src.rpm package for both
versions.

> in short, there are two confusing requirements above:
> 
> 1, Java 1.5+
> 2, Rpms from Jpackage.org( but the version is 1.4.2
> until now.), not Rpms from Sun.

I don't really understand what confuses you. You may review Sun's page
and the jpackage.org page (non-free section!).

Alexander


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