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Sun Java Packages for Debian and Ubuntu

Sun now allows redistribution of Java by Linux and Open-Solaris distributions.

As a result of this move, there are now packages of Sun’s Java for Debian and Ubuntu.
The packaging code is largely based on the code we are using for Blackdown Java for some years. The code is available under the MIT license from the jdk-distros project on java.net. (More info on Tom Marble’s blog.)

I’m glad Sun finally opens Java up a bit after years of restrictive licensing.

Blackdown J2SE 1.4.2-03

I’ve released Blackdown’s J2SE 1.4.2-03 for Linux on x86 and AMD64/EM64T yesterday. The release fixes three security issues with the Reflection API (JRE May Allow Untrusted Applet to Elevate Privileges), so make sure you upgrade.

The issue isn’t Blackdown-specific. Sun released an advisory too.

Thanks to Matthias Klose, Debian packages for 1.4.2-03 are available too. Just add something like

deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ sarge non-free

to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

The Release files are signed with the Blackdown Java-Linux Package Signing Key. If you have recent apt version you can use this key to authenticate our Debian packages. Just import the key with apt-key:

$ wget http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/gpg.asc
$ apt-key add gpg.asc

Debian Packages for J2SE 1.4.2-02

Thanks to Matthias Klose, Debian packages for Blackdown J2SE-1.4.2-02 are available now. Just add something like

deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ sarge non-free

to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

Upgrading is recommended as 1.4.2-02 contains an important security fix.

Blackdown J2SE 1.4.2-02

Blackdown has released J2SE 1.4.2-02 for Linux on x86 and AMD64/EM64T yesterday. The release fixes a security issue (JRE May Allow Untrusted Applet to Elevate Privileges), so make sure you upgrade.

Users of other Java implementations based on Sun’s code should check for updates too.

Blackdown Java for PowerPC Status

The question whether Blackdown is working on a PowerPC JDK keeps resurfacing.

Yes, we are working on porting HotSpot and J2SE 5 to both ppc and ppc64!
There is no sponsor for this port, so nobody is working on it full-time currently. That means work is progressing slowly (but steadily), not much is working at this point.