From harmony-dev-return-1304-apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Thu Jun 02 11:47:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 98738 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2005 11:47:40 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Jun 2005 11:47:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 97037 invoked by uid 500); 2 Jun 2005 11:47:33 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 96967 invoked by uid 500); 2 Jun 2005 11:47:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact harmony-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 96939 invoked by uid 99); 2 Jun 2005 11:47:32 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=10.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE,HTML_40_50,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_BY_IP,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: domain of gerry.steele@gmail.com designates 64.233.170.196 as permitted sender) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (HELO rproxy.gmail.com) (64.233.170.196) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:47:27 -0700 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id c16so424397rne for ; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:46:58 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=bLVrIlfiaFCzRpuqgnJ9zmpHrI8Nmpm/19Gpb/aCkRX/f+b8uwNGkdidHcn9yh5jZ8UkejFqUCxlknKH1SNe+72DkqMAf8jAemPSG5VDfscDpcWegLlnWhMbs7QvMMmk3pu1PMRaXAS0tZ24NS5WW2vt3I2hVBEkp8nrCHwsDTY= Received: by 10.38.22.69 with SMTP id 69mr416742rnv; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.149.34 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 04:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <34199a5e05060204464a0cfc15@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:46:58 +0100 From: Gerry Steele Reply-To: Gerry Steele To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Linux Jar file execution In-Reply-To: <34199a5e050602044624b17efa@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_410_20869018.1117712818365" References: <34199a5e05060203427a9b8326@mail.gmail.com> <1cfd21580506020402321b1509@mail.gmail.com> <34199a5e050602044624b17efa@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N ------=_Part_410_20869018.1117712818365 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Yea, I think the challenge is making it a core kernel feature rather than=20 something the users will have to compile and install themselves, ie, a Linu= x=20 kernel above a certain future version would support it. It will be a step= =20 further towards more java applications on the Linux platform i think.=20 -Gerry On 6/2/05, Gerry Steele wrote: >=20 > Yea, >=20 > I think the challenge is making it a core kernel feature rather than=20 > something the users will have to compile and install themselves, ie, a Li= nux=20 > kernel above a certain future version would support it. It will be a step= =20 > further towards more java applications on the Linux platform i think.=20 >=20 > -Gerry >=20 > On 6/2/05, Ahmed Saad wrote: > >=20 > > hi Gery, > >=20 > > i read that howto a year ago or something but never tired it > > http://www.linuxhq.com/java.html > >=20 > > -ahmed > >=20 > > On 6/2/05, Gerry Steele < gerry.steele@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Has anyone got any thoughts on the possibility of making naively=20 > > executable > > > jars on Linux? > > > > > > This is done on Windows through the file extensions mechanism. On=20 > > Solairis=20 > > > they use magic numbers picked up by the kernel AFAIK. I guess a Linux > > > implementation will require some kernel work too. I believe this migh= t=20 > > help > > > usability a bit on Linux. It just occurs to me that an Open Source=20 > > Java has=20 > > > a hell of a greater chance of working with the Kernel guys / Linus=20 > > than Sun > > > might ever have. Another point for harmony :). > > > > > > Gerry > > > > > > -- > > > Gerry Steele > > > > > > > >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Gerry Steele >=20 >=20 --=20 Gerry Steele x74521/+353-1-8199 521 http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/gerrys [gerry.steele@sun.com OR gerry.steele@gmail.com] ------=_Part_410_20869018.1117712818365--