Java plugin with Firefox 3.6

[C. P. Ghost]

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:19 PM,  <bdsfbsd at att.net> wrote:
> Firefox 3.6 needs Java 6 Update 10. [1]
>
> For now, as a newbie, I generally try not to install anything not in the
> ports collection. From there you can find some JREs, but none are at Update
> 10, including Linux emulation. [2] At this time, the highest I see there is
> diablo-jre-1.6.0.07.02_8.
>
> That's okay, I really wanted the full JDK anyway, so I look for that. [3]
> There appears to be four flavors available; diablo-jdk, openjdk, jdk and
> linux-sun-jdk:
>
> diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9
> openjdk-7.0.86 (requires diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9)
> jdk-1.6.0.3p4_15 (requires diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_9, and is "based on
> 1.6.0_03 (aka 6u3)")
> linux-sun-jdk-1.6.0.20

The problem is that java/jdk16 hasn't been updated for a LONG
time. I gave up hope that it will be updated, and I've had to install
java/openjdk6 instead, just to be able to start Freenet (from
http://freenetproject.org/), because Freenet wouldn't start otherwise
due to some big XML vulnerability in our old not yet updated
java/jdk16.

Maybe the problem is similar with Firefox 3.6?

> It looks like the Linux version is the only one up-to-date enough for
> Firefox 3.6. Would that only work with the Linux version of Firefox 3.6? If
> so, then one must go outside of the ports collection to get it. [4] At this
> time, the highest version I see in ports is linux-firefox-devel-3.5.9.
>
>
> I suspect the best thing to do would be to go with a current JDK and an
> older version of (native) Firefox, and not upgrade Firefox until the JDK
> version gets to Java 6 Update 10, allowing the JDK to upgrade naturally
> along with the rest of keeping my system up to date. If folks in-the-know
> around here agree with that, I'll probably start a new thread 'Which JDK?',
> as I find that confusing.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian

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