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Re:Java.sun.com is down - breaking builds across the land by xsmasher on Monday October 10, 2011 @01:05PM (#3094689)
Most Java projects depend on XML documents, which contain a URL telling you where the "document definition" (DTD) lives. That DTD is / can be used to verify that the XML is valid.

If the URL starts failing or serving up different content then your builds may fail.

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Re:Java.sun.com is down - breaking builds across the land by burgerbrain on Monday October 10, 2011 @04:04PM (#3095546)
Does this mean that those builds would fail on un networked machine under normal circumstances?
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Re:Java.sun.com is down - breaking builds across the land by brown9-2 on Monday October 10, 2011 @04:33PM (#3095684)
Yes
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