Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 12:16:21 -0500 From: Karl Asha <karl@blackdown.com> To: java-linux@java.blackdown.org Subject: [ANNOUNCE]: JDK-1.1.6v4a NOTE: The JDK may take a few hours to appear on the mirror sites. Please be patient. Announcing: Java Development Kit 1.1.6 Version 4a for Linux ----------------------------------------------------------- Your Blackdown Linux JDK porting team is pleased to announce its Version 4a port of Sun's Java Development Kit 1.1.6 for Linux x86. New in this Release ------------------- * This is our v4a port of Sun's JDK 1.1.6 final. - fix for removes from choice list (a Sun bug) - new fix for set frames non-resizable - fix for mwm based window manager frame positioning - fix for disappearing frames problem (a Sun bug) - fix for open sockets causing poor GUI performance - fix for kernel accept() bug, which caused slow Java Web Server - turn-off by: export JDK_NO_KERNEL_FIX=true - improvements in Russian font properties - fix for CET to be Central European Time - fix for Button 1 modifier values and many many more fixes since Version 2 You can find a download site via http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html "Download the JDK for Linux" link. **Other Notes** - Most, if not all, troubles with the JDK seg-faulting or aborting on Linux x86 are really the result of old/incompatible sets of shared libraries being used. If you run into these troubles, please check out the FAQ available from: http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html - The libc5 version of jdk116_v4a was built on a Debian 1.3.1 machine running Motif 2.0.1 with gcc-2.8.1, and the glibc version was built on a RedHat 5.0 machine running SWiM Motif 2.1 with egcs-2.91.41. - Some problems with Motif and TextFields can be worked around by pre-Loading libBrokenlocale.so before invoking java. See the Blackdown Java-Linux Mailing list archive for more info - Please check out the README.linux release notes. For help, see the FAQ and the Java-Linux mailing list: mailto:java-linux@java.blackdown.org - Please report all bugs to the Jitterbug Java-Linux Bug Database at: http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html Thanks especially go to: Steve Byrne, Karl Asha, Stephen Wynne, Juergen Kreileder, Johan Vos, Michael Sinz, Scott Hutinger, and Kevin Hendricks Have Fun! Java-Linux Porting Team