[ale] Fedora 19 and Java 7

[Pete Hardie]

On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:

> Which specific JVM are you using?  (OpenJDK/IcedTea vs Oracle vs IBM etc.,
> and if Oracle, JDK 1.7.0u25 or something earlier?)
>

Oracle JDK 1.7 latest from www.java.com


>
> Have you tried installing Java 7 on F17 to isolate whether the problem is
> related to F17->F19 or Java 6 -> Java 7?
>

Not yet.  JDK 1.6 did work



>
> Is this software you purchased, or open source, or your company's own
> creation?
>

Purchased, but I'm a minority user.


>
> I'd guess it's not a 6->7 incompatibility, but I suppose it's possible. We
> haven't had any Java software quit working upgrading to 7, but we did have
> some Cisco management app that quit working after 1.3 or 1.4. It's intended
> to be upward compatible, but that can never be guaranteed 100%. Sometimes
> software *depends* on a bug to operate. Other times an added attribute or
> method causes a conflict I suppose (but I'd think that would be more of a
> compile time problem). If you have source, I think we could definitely help
> you sort it out.
>

No source, as far as I know - class files but I do not know the legalities
of letting others look at them.



>
> Scott
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Friday, August 2, 2013 3:36:49 PM
>
> *Subject: *[ale] Fedora 19 and Java 7
>
> Hello all!
>
> I just installed F19 on my work system, and am trying to run a java app
> from the command line.  I have run it before on F17/Java 6 without issue,
> but cannot now.
>
> I keep getting java MalformedURL and UnknownHost exceptions, and have done
> all that I was able to find online about such errors (/etc/hostname,
> /etc/sysconfid/network, /etc/hosts), to no avail.
>
> The machine has 2 network cards, one of which I am not using.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>
> Pete Hardie
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