need ideas for how to name incremental jdk builds to be findable by /usr/libexec/java_home

Stephen Bannasch stephen.bannasch at deanbrook.org
Fri Feb 24 17:46:07 PST 2012


At 6:15 PM -0600 2/24/12, Michael Hall wrote:
>On Feb 24, 2012, at 5:43 PM, Mike Swingler wrote:
> 
> > While the OpenJDK JVMs do not offer any capability beyond CommandLine, they should always showin Java Preferences.
>
>Works fine for me at 10.6. Both java_home and Java Preferences.
>
>Tried each location I know of for a second 1.7.0 install
>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
>/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMacines
>~/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
>
>No problems in displaying that I noticed from any location.

I wonder what the difference is?

Here's what I see:

  https://img.skitch.com/20120225-g6d1wbmqg3r6s5hf73mfset1yf.jpg

Details:

Building on 10.6.8, XCode 3.2.6.

Am copying the folder:

  build/macosx-amd64/j2sdk-bundle/1.7.0.jdk

to:

  ~/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines

and naming it: 1.7.0_04.jdk


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