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On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 09:58 -0400, Larry W. Virden wrote:
> Also, we have some java developers who have commented in the past that
> trying to start, manage, and stop java processes were more difficult
> in cygwin than using other similar toolsets (which live purely in the
> windows process model). Are there any HOWTOs or other useful documents
> for configuring cygwin to allow a developer to live with processing
> that has to straddle the windows and cygwin environment.

Cygwin Ports provides a Java environment based on JamVM and GNU
Classpath, which includes Ant, ECJ, OpenJDK langtools (apt, javac,
javah, javadoc, javap), Java-GNOME programs, fop, and several dozen
libraries.  It's not quite a Su^WOracle JRE but its enough for my needs.


Yaakov
Cygwin Ports



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