Re: Java 5 woes

"Zach A. Thomas" <zach.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> To summarize: there is a symbolic link /System/Library/Frameworks/
> JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK that points to the directory of
> the version of the JDK for OS X to use. When I change this from 1.5.0
> to 1.4.2, my problems are gone.

FWIW, the folks at Apple strongly discourage people from changing that
symlink.  or so they say on the apple-java mailing list.  Future
breakage, nasal demons, etc..

it can certainly be a PITA.  I've got my own little VM switcher shell
script which does seem to work.  All it does is set JAVA_HOME and adds
$JAVA_HOME/bin to the front of PATH.  I typically don't try to switch
back and forth, but will rather switch once (if I need to) and open a
new shell/window if I need to switch back.

-- 

joe

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