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| author | Greg Lewis <glewis@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-11-11 19:18:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Greg Lewis <glewis@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-11-11 19:18:25 +0000 |
| commit | 6ae9fe2889814998768362aa037a5fc66657d9d5 (patch) | |
| tree | a8a990b736fddacfe8cad42a95a484659e41d4a9 /UPDATING | |
| parent | 280df4e4cedc6b10cf8c1175ee494973c9160f98 (diff) | |
| download | ports-6ae9fe2889814998768362aa037a5fc66657d9d5.tar.gz ports-6ae9fe2889814998768362aa037a5fc66657d9d5.zip | |
. Add a note regarding possible implications of the new javavmwrapper.
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Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=121407
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@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20041111: + AFFECTS: users of java + AUTHOR: glewis@FreeBSD.org + + javavmwrapper has been rewritten. It now creates symbolic links for + all executables of the Java VMs that have been registered with it. + These symbolic links may impact which version of Java you are using, + depending on your PATH, which may need to be adjusted. + + For example, if your path is: + + ${LOCALBASE}/bin:${LOCALBASE}/jdk1.4.2/bin + + then previously "java" would resolve to ${LOCALBASE}/jdk1.4.2/bin/java. + With the new javavmwrapper it will resolve to ${LOCALBASE}/bin/java. + Depending upon the Java VMs that are registered and various environment + variables, it may or may not be ${LOCALBASE}/jdk1.4.2/bin/java that is + run by javavmwrapper via the symbolic link ${LOCALBASE}/bin/java. + 20041107: AFFECTS: users of x11/kdebase3 AUTHOR: kde@freebsd.org |