JRE 6.0 update 1 for Solaris 10 sparc 64 bit

Obviously, the patches are for Solaris, but they are for jre updates. These updates are available as binary downloads, AND as solaris patches. My question was whether or not jre 6.0 will eventually be available through the Sun Update Connection/Patch Manager.

If I download and install the jre 6 binary, should I remove all my patches related to 1.5.0.x first? I am sure that jre/jdk 6.0 will be bundled with the next release of Solaris 10, but until then, what is the recommended procedure for moving a Sol 10 sparc system from 1.5.0.x to 6.0?

sparcmastera at 2007-7-12 8:20:27 >

> Will jre 6.0 come out as a patch for Solaris 10

> sparc? Or should I install it from the Java download

> site (http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp)? I

> currently have jre 5.0.11 (patches 118666-11 and

> 118667-11).

Yes, it's out for 6u1, or should be out by now, as sparc (125136-01 & 125137-01)

and x86 (125138-01 & 125139-01).

You cannot patch your way from 5.0 to 6. You need to install the 6 packages, and then you can install the 6u1 patch.(or you could just install the 6u1 packages, and patch from that point onward).

As to the later question, yes, there isn't a formal JRE patch, but SUNWj6rt is essentially the runtime component of the JDK, so if you just had SUNWj6rt & SUNWj6cfg installed, you would have the equivalent of a JRE, though it still would be installed in a JDK directory.If you have just those two packages installed, then you could use 125136-01 as a JRE patch, since it will only update what installed. Oh yes, I forgot about the 64bit component to the runtime, SUNWj6rtx.If you intend on running the JRE in 64bit mode (-d64), you'd need SUNWj6rtx as well.

Dave

Sun Microsystems

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katleman

katlemana at 2007-7-12 8:20:27 >

Installing the 6u1 patches is just fine.As far as removing the 5.0 based patches, I wouldn't recommend that. If you're hard up for diskspace, I'd suggest the route of backing out the 5.0 patches, removing the 5.0 packages, reinstall the latest 5.0 update 11 (tar.Z bundles). Your system will grok as if you've patched your way to 5.0u11, and you'll be able to apply future 5.0 patches.

katlemana at 2007-7-12 8:20:27 >

Never mind. Stupid question. With both jdk5u11 and jdk6u1 installed, /usr/java still points to jdk5u11, so smc and Sun Studio both still work.

However, jds-help and jdshelp (what is the difference?) both crash immediately, whereas yelp and gnome-help both work. Any ideas what is causing the crashes? The error seems to be related to java virtual machine (libjvm).

sparcmastera at 2007-7-12 8:20:27 >