On 04/13/2011 02:41 AM, Joachim Schrod wrote:
Andrew Joakimsen writes:
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.
You only need 32 bit JDK. And since you need version 1.5, I think you have to get it from Oracle, because openSUSE includes 1.6. You install that package and you make sure you use that java in your programs. To be 100% sure of that, you just don't install 1.6 from openSUSE. You will be able to use Firefox+Flash 64 bit for you browsing, they have no relation to java. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org