install locations for OpenJDK 7...

[David Green]

It would be great to be able to run Eclipse with JDK 7.  Currently
Eclipse can run on JDK 7 however the eclipse launcher executable can
only launch it with a Java that has the Apple framework layout.

David

On Sunday, December 13, 2009, Ray Kiddy <ray at ganymede.org> wrote:
>
> After I moved (and added to) Landon's instructions for building
> OpenJDK 7 on Mac OS X 10.5 (http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenJDK/Darwin9Build
> ), I moved the "install this version as current" info to another page.
> Right now, this is at http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenJDK/Switching+Java+Versions+on+Mac+OS+X
> .
>
> Is there any interest in packaging the OpenJDK 7 binaries into a real
> Mac OS X-compatible location? One can put them somewhere under /usr
> and make sure that /usr/bin/java points to the right version and this
> is good for server-ish things, but there may be reasons to install the
> OpenJDK 7 binaries under /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/
> Versions/. There is a whole other kind of directory structure under
> there. I believe that if we want to have regular Cocoa applications
> that use java to use the OpenJDK 7 VM, it would have to be installed
> in the JavaVM.framework....
>
> Or do we care? Or has this been slated to be done at some future time?
>
> Now that I got past my build issues, I looked at the info about
> running tests. I can see what might be needed to run jtreg. Ha ha.
> Yeah. Like anyone would want to sign up for that....
>
> Perhaps there are bsdport-specific tools for invoking whatever tests
> can be run? Yes? No?
>
> Well, anyway, now I have the JDK built. I can experiment with my
> server-based frameworks. But if there is any kind of path to assist
> testing on Mac OS X, I would be interested in hearing about it. And I
> would not be surprised if there is some info that can go to the wiki.
>
> cheers - ray
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