Thanks for the input... I checked to see what happens when I set my JAVA_HOME back to the default 1.6 and, indeed, I get the same as Wayne, i.e. the JAVA_HOME value matches the 'Java home' reported by maven (which is the java.home system property, I think). To be clear I've install JDK 1.7 using the Mac OS X download from Oracle, and my objective is to use `mvn compile` with it...
*Is anyone successfully using maven to compile using JDK 1.7 on Mac OS X?* I think I'll probably continue to eclipse to compile my project but I was hoping to do something a little different. This looks like a bug in the maven-compiler-plugin to me; I suspect that it is attempting to find tools.jar under the java.home system property which is the "installation directory for JRE" ( http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/sysprop.html), *not* the JDK installation directory... they just happen to be the same in most cases. On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Wayne Fay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> $ echo $JAVA_HOME > >> /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_21.jdk/Contents/Home > ... > >> $ mvn --version > >> Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 19:44:56+1100) > >> Maven home: /usr/share/maven > >> Java version: 1.7.0_21, vendor: Oracle Corporation > >> Java home: > >> /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_21.jdk/Contents/Home/jre > > FWIW this is what I get on my wife's MBP with 3.0.3 and JDK6: > $ mvn --version > Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 11:31:09-0600) > Maven home: /usr/share/maven > Java version: 1.6.0_45, vendor: Apple Inc. > Java home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home > > Definitely think the /jre is your problem. Unsure what to do about it. > > Wayne > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- See how we're connected: http://www.linkedin.com/in/corinlawson
