Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:53:07 -0500 From: Peggy Wilkins <enlil65@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which java version: confusion: SOLVED Message-ID: <CAG_3X=nTFTYJ1sJCvfQ26XjAuK94XeokkkQ9jMr3bx5yOcRvSw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Peggy Wilkins <enlil65@gmail.com> wrote: > I have two java ports installed on several of my systems: > > % cat /usr/local/etc/javavms > /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/bin/java # DiabloCaffe1.6.0 > /usr/local/jdk1.6.0/bin/java # FREEBSD-JDK1.6.0 > > It seems that when I update of one of the versions, the version > executed by default turns out to be "the latest version installed". > For example, on one of my systems: > > % java -version > openjdk version "1.6.0_32" > OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_32-b25) > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode) > > But after updating diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_19 to > diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02_20 I am now getting this instead: > > % java -version > java version "1.6.0_07" > Diablo Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b02) > Diablo Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode) > > I have not set $JAVA_HOME. Am I required to set it in order to > dependably get one version vs. the other by default? Is there a way > to set one of them to be preferred if JAVA_HOME isn't set? I don't > understand why simply updating one of the installed versions would > result in a switch of which version is preferred. > > I assume I am simply clueless about something I'm supposed to know but don't... I withdraw this question now. Reading the above more carefully, I see that I am confusing two different systems and I misread that I had openjdk installed when I obviously did not. I absentmindedly pasted output from the wrong system. That was the source of my confusion. I apologize for wasting everyone's time with this public display of cluelessness!
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