Just been trying to solve this problem myself -- and trying too learn
bash at the same time.

Here's what I get on my iMac running Snow Leopard ...

bash-3.2$ uname
Darwin
bash-3.2$ uname -a
Darwin ian-clarks-imac.home 10.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.5.0: Fri
Nov  5 23:20:39 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.17~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
bash-3.2$ uname -m
i386
bash-3.2$ uname -n
ian-clarks-imac.home
bash-3.2$ uname -p
i386
bash-3.2$ uname -r
10.5.0
bash-3.2$ uname -s
Darwin
bash-3.2$ uname -v
Darwin Kernel Version 10.5.0: Fri Nov  5 23:20:39 PDT 2010;
root:xnu-1504.9.17~1/RELEASE_I386
bash-3.2$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.6.5
BuildVersion:   10H574
bash-3.2$ sw_vers -ProductVersion
Usage: sw_vers [-productName|-productVersion|-buildVersion]
bash-3.2$ sw_vers -productVersion
10.6.5

What I deduce from this is:
1. uname doesn't know the correct product version (10.6.5 according to
my Apple Menu > About This Mac)
2. The most useful source of info is: sw_vers -productVersion (NB the
problem starts with 10.6.0)

I leave it to you, Bill, to suggest the necessary arithmetic inside:
if [...] ... fi.

Might the -j32 flag actually be disruptive if you go back before
64-bit java was released? (10.5 was it?) Or on non-Intel Macs?

Ian



On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:49 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:
> I guess one could use a conditional statement,
> if [ "x86_64" = `uname -m` ]; then
>  java for snow leopard, lion
> else
>  java for old cats
> fi
>
> not sure what is the output of uname -m for oxs
>
> Сбт, 04 Дек 2010, Ian Clark писал(а):
>> Won't J7 for the Mac come in a 64-bit version?
>>
>> Instead of editing /bin/jwd perhaps we could offer a downloaded script
>> on the jwiki page.
>> I propose we use this one for now (attached).
>> [The text of the jwd "Unix-executable" is appended, in case the
>> attachment doesn't work.]
>> It just has to be dropped into place (and Spotlight locates jwd
>> perfectly well), so perhaps that isn't too scary. Can you see your way
>> to modifying your video to do that?
>> A neater option is to offer an alternative J icon (a spotted one for
>> Snow Leopard?)
>> @Brian: You could then say on your video, "if the red J doesn't work,
>> try the spotty one?"
>> If this is an attractive option, then I'll produce a special Snow
>> Leopard icon and this could be included in the j602 download.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> =================
>> #!/bin/sh
>> # problems - see J bin/install.htm
>> cd "`dirname "$0"`/.."
>> java -d32 -Xss8000000 -Xdock:name=J -Xdock:icon=bin/icons/jred.icns
>> -jar bin/j.jar "$@"
>> # The tag: -d32 -is necessary to make J work on the Mac under Snow
>> Leopard (10.6 or later)
>> =================
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Ian et al,
>> >
>> > I am having the problem addressed by Ian's fine contribution at
>> > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Installation/Mac/MacSnowLeopardInstallBug
>> > .
>> >
>> > And when I go there, I see the inserted warning that there is a new
>> > fix. Reading those instructions has worked for me but I must say that
>> > that is a very user unfriendly fix requiring the editing of a buried
>> > text file.
>> >
>> > That's unfortunate because for example the screencast I made of
>> > installing j602 on a Mac will no longer work without the user going
>> > through such a fix. It looks like a new screencast is required. But
>> > then a new one will be required for j701 installation.
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDS-SPtwLS4
>> >
>> > Otoh, I have attempted to add an annotation to the original screencast
>> > suggesting a fix. The link below permits others to edit the
>> > annotations also, I believe. [What an incredible option, if it works!!
>> > please offer feedback to me especially if the annotation does not show
>> > up (btw, it has not shown up live yet for me, but I hope the problem
>> > is just a delay in processing at the youtube server).]
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDS-SPtwLS4&layer_token=88dca620e88c5dde
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> >
>
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>
>
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