On 16:29 Tue 21 Dec , Kelly O'Hair wrote: > I'm back with another stab at a webrev and modified proposal. > > 6989472: Provide simple jdk identification information in the install > image > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ohair/openjdk7/jdk7-build-eclipse/webrev/ > > The above change creates a small text file called "release" at the top > of the > jdk or jre install image with some very basic values about that > install image. > > For example, on Solaris 10 X86 the file would contain the 4 lines: > > JAVA_VERSION="1.7.0" > OS_NAME="SunOS" > OS_VERSION="5.10" > OS_ARCH="i586" > > They are not properties and don't look like properties.
But they are available as system properties already; os.arch, os.name, os.version and java.version. So why do you need this file? > It doesn't contain trademark names or company names. > It unfortunately does not identify the specific VM, but it does > provide some basic > information about what the jdk image is and where it can be used. > > To solve the original Eclipse issue really requires a similar file > delivered by the > VMs shipped with the JDK. That will need to be pursued with a > different CR. > > -kto -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and IcedTea http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://icedtea.classpath.org PGP Key: 94EFD9D8 (http://subkeys.pgp.net) Fingerprint = F8EF F1EA 401E 2E60 15FA 7927 142C 2591 94EF D9D8
