Re: pkgsrc openjdk7 and eclipse and suse-12 does not work

[Paul Franz <paul.p.franz%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Nov 16, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:03:37 +0100
> Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> I'm confused - why is the eclipse pkg not compiling this stuff
>> natively?
> 
> Maybe the source is not available, so we use the Linux binaries?
> 
> I have to admit that I have no idea how Eclipse works. I always thought
> it is written in Java, but nevertheless there is a Linux binary included
> to launch it...
> 

It is written in Java. The problem is that SWT is platform specific. 
> 
>> Mixing a native java runtime environment and linux binaries
>> sounds like a doomed aproach to me.
> 
> Indeed. :|
> 
> -- 
> Frank Wille