Thanks Ed, that helped. Hopefully this will be fixed soon. Regards, Greg
> On Oct 15, 2020, at 10:17 AM, Ed Merks <ed.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greg, > > I don't think anyone has figured out why a JRE is automatically installed > during update: > > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=567504 > > You can undo this effect just by removing the -vm argument (to end up with > the default) or by changing the -vm argument to the one you want it to use, > in your eclipse.ini. > > It's liable to come back if there is an unexpected updated to the JRE in the > future... > > Regards, > Ed > > > On 15.10.2020 15:11, Greg Watson wrote: >> My Eclipse installation recently prompted me to upgrade (something new), so >> I accepted the advice. Now I’ve discovered that an unknown JRE was >> downloaded onto my machine and is being used to run Eclipse. This is broken >> on so many levels, I don’t even know where to start opening bug reports. >> >> Since when does Eclipse start installing unauthorized versions of the JRE >> onto my machine without any notification, and that overrides my choice of >> the JRE (or JDK in my case) for running Eclipse? Not only is there no option >> to change or uninstall this, it breaks tools that rely on the JDK (e.g. >> Spring Boot Live hovers.) >> >> Does anybody else see the problem here? Someone needs to rethink this kind >> of behavior. >> >> In the mean time, does anyone know how to undo this mess, or am I forced to >> go back to 2020-06? >> >> Regards, >> Greg >> _______________________________________________ >> cross-project-issues-dev mailing list >> cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org >> To unsubscribe from this list, visit >> https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev _______________________________________________ cross-project-issues-dev mailing list cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org To unsubscribe from this list, visit https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev
