[cobalt-users] Re: Java on SUN Cobalt: important note

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> The SUN Cobalt Java Developer Kit is somewhat outdated. I have submitted
> a Request For Enhancement (RFE) to SUN to ask for an update. SUN has
> classified the RFE under bug id 4880742. Use the following URL to read
> the report, add your own comments/requirements and hopefully vote for
> this RFE, what will be taken into account by SUN to prioritize:

Good luck. As that was never really an "official" product, and almost all 
the products it was created for are EOL, I highly doubt anything will 
happen with making a newer version.

You'll probably have better luck soliciting someone on this list, or 
cobalt-developers, to create a new PKG (maybe look at what RaQ 550 does 
for some ideas?). Or just ask for (or work out yourself) a HOWTO for 
"regular" installation (from the .bin or an RPM) of a newer JDK like you'd 
do on any other Linux server.

I would think you could just grab the RPM from Sun and install it by hand. 
You'll have to manually edit the Apache config file to enable JSP support 
for certain domains, but from what I can recall, that was needed with the 
PKG version you're talking about anyway...? And I know there was a 'hack' 
required to keep Tomcat from starting up too many threads and choking off 
the server...

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Bruce Timberlake
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