From 6ae9fe2889814998768362aa037a5fc66657d9d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Lewis Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:18:25 +0000 Subject: . Add a note regarding possible implications of the new javavmwrapper. --- UPDATING | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) (limited to 'UPDATING') diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 306ad6ce2eb3..e2d322157a07 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3