[ANNOUNCE] Blackdown J2SE v1.4.2-01 for x86 and AMD64

The Blackdown Java-Linux Team is happy to announce the availability
the Java 2 Standard Edition v1.4.2-01 for Linux on i386 and
Linux on AMD64.

J2SE v1.4.2-01 can be download from
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/JDK-1.4.2/ and our FTP mirrors 
(see http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html)

Release Notes:
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* Integrated latest Sun code

* Fixed CVE CAN-2004-1029

* Java no longer terminates when the NIO poll- and epoll-based Selectors
  return EINTR

* libstdc++ is linked statically again

* Fixed Java Web Start startup deadlock

* A few other small fixes


Notes for the AMD64 Version:
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The AMD64 version of J2SE 1.4.2-01 uses the HotSpot Server VM by
default.  The HotSpot Client VM is not available for AMD64 at this
time.

* Requirements
    - glibc 2.2.5 or newer
    - kernel 2.4.19 or newer
    - XFree 4.2 or newer
    - 64-bit build of Mozilla 1.0 or newer (needed only for the Java Plug-In)


Notes for the i386 Version:
==========================

The i386 version of J2SE 1.4.2-01 uses the HotSpot Client VM by
default.  The HotSpot Server VM can be enabled with the '-server'
switch.

* Requirements
    - i586 compatible system
    - glibc 2.2.5 or newer
    - kernel 2.4.18 or newer
    - XFree 4.2 or newer
    - Mozilla 1.0 or newer (needed only for the Java Plug-In)


General Notes:
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* In order to use the epoll based NIO selector instead of the default
  poll based one, you have to run your code with '-Djava.nio.use_epoll=true'


Feedback:
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Please e-mail comments to [email protected] or to our public
mailing list (see http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mailinglist.html).


        Blackdown Java-Linux Team


-- 
Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/

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