Eclipse dies on amd64

[Panagiotis Astithas]

Sean McNeil wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 16:12 -0300, Franco Bruno Borghesi wrote:
> 
>>Hi everyone.
>>
>>I'm having problems with eclipse on my new amd64 installation. Eclipse hangs
>>for a couple of minutes and then I get a window telling me that java
>>crashed.
>>
>>This is a random problem, and I haven't found a way to reproduce it. It just
>>happens.
>>I've tryied rebuilding eclipse, but it didn't help (used WITHOUT_CAIRO=yes).
>>I've attached the log files generated in my home directory. Maybe someone
>>could give me a hint.
>>
>>Console reports:
>>pid 33465 (java), uid 1000: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
>>pid 8299 (java), uid 1000: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
>>
>>System Detail:
>>*FreeBSD taz.oficina 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #1: Tue Nov 29 17:10:44
>>ART 2005 root at taz.oficina:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TAZ  amd64
>>
>>*java version "1.5.0-p2"
>>Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build
>>1.5.0-p2-root_29_nov_2005_17_58)
>>Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.5.0-p2-root_29_nov_2005_16_21,
>>mixed mode)
> 
> 
> I used to have this same kind of thing happen to me until I fixed java.
> Please look at the java@ mailing list.  There are two proposed solutions
> in there regarding libz namespace conflicts that have been floating
> around for quite a while, yet neither of these solutions have been
> implemented in the port.  It is pretty crucial for eclipse as it uses
> gtk extensively which relies on libz.  Take a look at:
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-java/2005-October/004570.html
> 
> Cheers,
> Sean

FWIW, I've been running (on i386) with Mikhail's patches for the last 
couple of months in my day job and I have encountered zero problems.

Cheers,
Panagiotis