[mdaniel]

Do you mean getting it to run on modern JVMs or that the C used in the kernel has drifted such that the technique would no longer apply?

[lacraig2]

I mean that it's often difficult to take older projects like this and properly replicate the environment with all dependencies.

The point about the C used in the kernel drifting could be relevant, but with this sort of project I'm more concerned initially with reproducing results and then moving forward.