Andrew Joakimsen writes:
It shouldn't matter. You install the java your system needs and the java code never changes. You can run the same java code in 32 bits system or 64 bits system no issues and no modification.
Sorry, but that's not the case. We've had compatibility problems between 32-bit and 64-bit Java 1.5.0 VMs, both by Sun. JNI stuff breaks first, but other incompatibilities happened as well. Eclipse also made problems in the past; but this was in 2008/2009, have to check if this still happens. Since the customer who's relevant for that installation uses Java 1.5.0 in 32-bit, they determine our technology. And with past experience, we'll try to stay as close to their state as possible, even down to the VM patch-level. We only stray that we use openSUSE instead of RHEL; with the same Java VM at base that's a risk I'm willing to take. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org