This is the Blackdown Java-Linux port of the Java(TM) 2 SDK Version
1.2.2 Release Candidate 4, Standard Edition.

Note that this is not the final version of the Java 2 SDK Version
1.2.2.  A final version will be released when we've verified
compatibility with the JCK testsuite (watch
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/jdk1.2-status/jck-status.html) and
fixed the problems you possibly report against this release candidate.

Also note that this version needs at least a glibc-2.1.2 based system
with a recent 2.2.xx kernel.  This build will not run with glibc-2.0
or glibc-2.1[.1].  The final release may come with builds for older
glibc versions, but the supported version will be based on glibc-2.1.2
or higher.


Files:
======

If you use Netscape for downloading files, please use this procedure
for downloading: Click on the file with Shift-Button 1, then choose
'Source' as download format.

jdk-1.2.2-RC4-glibc-2.1.2.md5:
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Contains MD5 checksums for the following files.  These checksums allow
you to test the integrity of your downloaded archives.

        Check the MD5 sums with:
        % md5sum -v -c jdk-1.2.2-RC4-glibc-2.1.2.md5

jdk-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh:
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A self-extracting ZIP archive with the Java 2 binaries for
Linux.  This is generally what most people will want to
download.

        Install with:
        % cd /usr/local
        % chmod +x <path>/jdk-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh
        % <path>/jdk-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh

jdk-debug-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh:
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A self-extracting ZIP archive with the debug versions of the Java 2
binaries for Linux.  This archive is meant to be installed into an
existing jdk1.2.2 directory; it only contains the debug versions of
the dynamically linked libraries and launching shell scripts; it is
not a complete, standalone version of the JDK itself.  It may be
useful if you want to debug JNI libraries or if you want to send a
meaningful stack trace to us.

        Install with:
        % cd /usr/local
        % chmod +x <path>/jdk-debug-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh
        % <path>/jdk-debug-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh

jre-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh:
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A self-extracting ZIP archive with the Java 2 Runtime binaries for
Linux.  This archive contains everything you need to run Java programs
but no development tools (i.e. no compiler).  You don't need this
archive if already have jdk-debug-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh.

        Install with:
        % cd /usr/local
        % chmod +x <path>/jre-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh
        % <path>/jre-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh

jdk-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.tar.bz2:
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A bzipped tarball with the Java 2 binaries for Linux.  This archive
has exactly the same content as the
jdk-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh ZIP archive.

        Install with:
        % cd /usr/local
        % tar xvfI <path>/jdk-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.tar.bz2

jdk-debug-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.tar.bz2:
---------------------------------------------------
A bzipped tarball with the debug versions of the Java 2 binaries for
Linux.  This archive has exactly the same content as the
jdk-debug-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh ZIP archive.

        Install with:
        % cd /usr/local
        % tar xvfI <path>/jdk-debug-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.tar.bz2

jre-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.tar.bz2:
---------------------------------------------
A bzipped tarball with the Java 2 Runtime binaries for Linux.  This
archive has exactly the same content as the
jre-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh ZIP archive.

        Install with:
        % cd /usr/local
        % tar xvfI <path>/jre-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.tar.bz2

JavaPlugIn_1.2.2.px.sh:
-----------------------
Contains the Java Platform 2 Plug-In for Netscape Navigator/Communicator
4.x (glibc-2.0 and glibc-2.1 versions).  This file will install into
$(HOME)/.netscape.

        Install with
        % sh <path>/JavaPlugIn_1.2.2.px.sh


Bug-reporting:
==============

Before reporting a bug, please make sure that you use the latest
available version of the software and the bug has not been reported
already.

        http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/jdk1.2-status/known-bugs.html


For further information please visit:
=====================================

        http://www.blackdown.org/
        http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/jdk1.2-status/
        http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/docs/support/faq-release/FAQ-java-linux.html


Credits
=======

The following people have helped with the porting of Java 2 to Linux:

Juergen Kreileder, Kevin Hendricks, Steve Byrne, Johan Vos, Anand
Palaniswamy, Eddie Dost, David Connelly, Karl Asha, Kars de Jong,
Scott Hutinger, Calvin Austin, Stephen Wynne, Nigel Gamble, Michael
Sinz and Brad Crochet.

--
Juergen Kreileder <jk@metaframe.de> for the Blackdown Java-Linux Team
2000/01/28