Java SE 7 Update 6

Blair Zajac blair at orcaware.com
Tue Aug 21 11:55:34 PDT 2012


On 08/21/2012 11:49 AM, Bjarne D Mathiesen wrote:
> When reading
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Java-SE-7-Update-6-hands-OS-X-support-to-Oracle-1667714.html
> it seems as if the one has to manually upgrade to this version while
> future upgrades are then done automagically by Oracle.
>
> Now, there are 2 (two) versions : JRE & JDK.
> Which version should one install in order to best achive support for
> MacPorts ?

The JDK because we compile code, it's the safer bet.  I haven't 
downloaded the JRE myself, but I presume it doesn't come with javac.

Blair



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