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Re: Unable to install GlassFish on Slackware 13.37

From: Richard Kolb <rjdkolb_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:41:22 +0200

On 15 November 2012 21:49, Kristian Rink <kr_at_zimmer428.net> wrote:

> Hi;
>
> Am Donnerstag, 15. November 2012, 12:46:18 schrieb forums_at_java.net:
> [...]
> > version. So the GlassFish installer (on the Oracle website) has a
> problem.
> > Or we can say that my operating system is not correctly configured. Is it
> > the good place to post a bug about the installer problem?
>
> Not sure. Guess the reasoning will be the other way 'round: There is a set
> of
> systems (including some Linux distributions) listed as "supported
> platforms",
> such as these:
>
> https://blogs.oracle.com/theaquarium/entry/glassfish_3_1_2_which
>
> Though this possibly is not of much relevance when using the Open Source
> Glassfish, I bet you won't have much luck filing issues against the
> installer
> not working on "unsupported" platforms.


Kristian is correct. This is a bug I logged pre Glassfish 3.0 release for
Slackware and the installer.
https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=9681



> From that point of view, I guess the
> .zip bundle is the most straightforward way to go here. :)
>

Totally agree, I have never use the installer for production on any os.
It adds no real value to me.

regards
Richard