[Fedora-directory-users] Trying to build idm-console-framework from SRPMS fails on Fedora 7

[Rob Crittenden]

Howard Wilkinson wrote:
> Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> Howard Wilkinson wrote:
>>> Rob Crittenden wrote:
>>>> Howard Wilkinson wrote:
>>>>> I have been trying to build the idm-console-framework for fedora 7+ 
>>>>> and get the following warnings and failures - Any suggestions about 
>>>>> how I get past these?
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>>>>
>>>> What JDK are you building with? It almost certainly won't build with 
>>>> gcj.
>>>>
>>>> rob
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>>> I am using the default Fedora 7 install ... if I need to fix this I 
>>> need an SRPMS to install the packages and then to fix the 
>>> idm-console-framekwork SRPMS to use them ... so any suggestions?
>>
>> You've found the reason that the console isn't provided on F-7. There 
>> isn't a free JDK that can build it currently available for F-7. You'd 
>> have to start by backporting IcedTea from F-8 to F-7.
>>
>> Or you can install a proprietary JDK and build it that way. I don't 
>> think console will run with gcj either still so you'd need the JRE/JDK 
>> installed to run console as well.
>>
>> rob
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> Is the back port just a single package or do I need to recreate Fedora 8?
> 

I don't know, it could be a can of worms.

rob

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