[Info-vax] java for VMS

[Jilly]

"Hans Vlems" <hvlems at freenet.de> wrote in message 
news:9a6c89d8-ec7b-482c-bf90-b0da2d77386d at n28g2000vbs.googlegroups.com...
On 12 jul, 23:00, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
wrote:
> Hans Vlems wrote 2011-07-12 22:01:
>
> > There is a java sdk available for VMS IIRC. My platform: Alpha/VMS
> > V8.3. Hardly any patches applied.
> > Could some kind soul point me to a webpage?
> > Hans
>
> Goto the main OpenVMS page athttp://h71000.www7.hp.com/.
> At the bottom of the page it says:
>
> > The Java™ Platform, Standard Edition, Development Kit (JDK) for HP
> > OpenVMS is distributed with OpenVMS and is available for download.
>
> "download" is a link getting you to the actual page...
>
> Jan-Erik


Well I asked for that, right ;-)
I found the link, no problems there. IIRC there used to be a list of
VMS patches (the OS) that
had to be applied before installing Java. That list is now no longer
there.
Does that mean there are no mandatory patches any more?

Hans


Seems to be clearly stated to me in 
http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/download/ovms/1.5.0/jdk5.0_patches.html

Patches for OpenVMS Alpha V8.3 (REQUIRED to run the JDK)

All Rating 1 ECOs for V8.3 (search keyword = 'INSTALL_1' )
DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP-V0507-13ECO1-1 for TCPIP V5.7 (or latest ECO)
or
DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP-V0506-9EC01-1 for TCPIP V5.6 (or latest ECO)
VMS83A_ACRTL-V0600 (or latest ECO)
VMS83A_PTHREAD-V0200 (or latest ECO)