[icedtea-web] RFC: Fix for PR779: IcedTea-Web plug-in hardcodes jpi-version to 1.6.0

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 13:36 Tue 30 Aug     , Deepak Bhole wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Attached patch fixes PR779:
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=779
> 
> It makes the jpi-version dynamic rather than static.
> 
> Okay for HEAD and 1.1?
> 
> Cheers,
> Deepak

No, this patch is incorrect.  There is no guarantee that the javac
used to build will be of the same JDK version used at runtime,
or even that it will be installed (your previous JRE patches allow
IcedTea-Web to work without a JDK remember?)

You should check the java.version property instead.  As you hardcode
the JRE into the binaries, that's a safer bet as to what will be
used at runtime.
-- 
Andrew :)

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