Java JDK(JRE)-1.3.1 from Compaq on FC2 Alpha

[U. George]

I suspect that the shell wrapper is trying to run some programs, where 
the dynamic linker is having problems with the shared library "libcwait.so"

I think that you will find that "/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/bin/java" is a 
symbolic link to .java_wrapper - a shell script. Trace that ( sh -x 
/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/bin/java ) and you might see that the shell script 
tries to run "basename", but the dynamic linker barfs with the error:

> basename: error while loading shared libraries:
> /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so: ELF file's phentsize not the expected size

I dont know what phentsize is, or how to correct that. But if the shell 
script wants to use "basename" then your LD_LIBRARY_PATH should point to 
where basename can find the libraries it was compiled against.

theory is that one can replace dynamic libraries at whim, and everything 
should be A-OK. Its just not always true!
/gat

Adrian Zaugg wrote:
> Hi Andrija
> 
> Somehow, I have troubles using your workaround. Without inserting the
> three lines in java, java -version works. As soon as I insert them, I
> get the following errors:
> 
> # /usr/java/jdk1.3.1/bin/java -version
> basename: error while loading shared libraries:
> /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so: ELF file's phentsize not the expected size
> uname: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so:
> ELF file's phentsize not the expected size
> uname: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so:
> ELF file's phentsize not the expected size
> ls: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so:
> ELF file's phentsize not the expected size
> expr: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so:
> ELF file's phentsize not the expected size
> expr: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so:
> ELF file's phentsize not the expected size
> dirname: error while loading shared libraries:
> /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so: ELF file's phentsize not the expected size
> dirname: error while loading shared libraries:
> /usr/local/lib/libcwait.so: ELF file's phentsize not the expected size
> Error: can't find libjava.so.
> 
> 
> For the last error, it should find it:
> 
> # ls -l /usr/lib/libjava.so
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 41 Aug 30 23:32 /usr/lib/libjava.so ->
> ../java/jdk1.3.1/jre/lib/alpha/libjava.so
> 
> and
> 
> # dir ../java/jdk1.3.1/jre/lib/alpha/libjava.so
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 407428 Jul 20  2001
> ../java/jdk1.3.1/jre/lib/alpha/libjava.so
> 
> The other errors are beyond my knowledge... Could you please give me a hint?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Regards, Adrian.
> 
> Andrija Pantovic wrote:
> 
> 
>>Here is a workarround for Java 1.3.1 from HP/Compaq/DEC that helps it working
>>(you need to have latest glibc otherwise java crashes with segfault):
> 
> [...]
> 
> 
> 
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