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 <r...@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 > > >
