Linux JDK-1.5.0_12 (i386) unusable on amd64

[Greg Lewis]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:13:34AM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting "Mikhail T." <mi+metlife at aldan.algebra.com> (from Mon, 09 Jul  
> 2007 15:04:01 -0400):
> 
> >Hello!
> >
> >I just tried to build the regular jdk15 port on my amd64 machine. It
> >relies on the Linux jdk15 to bootstrap.
> >
> >Unfortunately, all invocations of javac and java were crashing with a
> >HotSpot stack (linux-sun-jdk-1.5.0.12,2).
> 
> 
> >I'm unsure, where the blame lies -- with the Linuxulator, or the amd64
> >(6.2-stable from June 7th) -- but something needs to be done...
> 
> Can you please try with a more recent -stable? On Sunday I committed  
> some fixes which may or may not help (I don't remember if those fixes  
> helped on -current or not).
> 
> I also have some more fixes (MFCs) in the queue, if you are interested  
> to help test them on -stable please tell me.

I'll try it on 6.2-RELEASE-pmumble to make sure its working there.

FWIW, I've had reports that linux-sun-jdk15 has been broken on
-CURRENT/amd64 since around December, so MFC'ing changes may not
actually improve the situation.  Can you try it on current to see
if it works for you?

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