Java 1.3.1, NPTL kernel
Michael Kearey
mutk at iprimus.com.au
Wed Nov 19 00:20:49 UTC 2003
Hugh McGuirk wrote:
> I am evaluating Fedora, and i read somewhere the NPTL kernel implemented
> by Redhat was incompatible with Sun's JDK earlier than 1.4.2.
>
> I plan to use Fedora for development, but we have projects that must
> work with JDK 1.3.1
>
> I have been getting strange compile errors:
> "compiler message file broken:
> key=compiler.err.sun.io.MalformedInputException arguments=null, null,
> null, null, null, null, null
>
> I found a fix to this was simply to change the locale:
> In /etc/sysconfig/i18n ,the line
> LANG="en_GB.UTF8"
> to:
> LANG="en_GB."
>
> Will the above cause any other issues?
>
> What other incompatibilities should i expect between Java1.3.1 and a
> NPTL kernel?
>
> Has anyone else come across problems with the JDK 1.3.1 or otherwise
> compiling/running under Fedora?
Have a look in release notes (At fedora.redhat.com, there is mention
of how to cope with old threading libs etc. Look for LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
or something. That may be needed too.
I am a little suprised 1.3 worked at all on the NPTL kernel..
Cheers,
Michael
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