> On Feb 11, 2016, at 07:17, Ebrahim Mayat <ebma...@me.com> wrote: > > Dear all > > I am unable to update octave382-atlas on 10.11.3: > > $ fink update octave382-atlas > Information about 8986 packages read in 1 seconds. > The package 'octave382-atlas' will be built and installed. > Reading build dependency for octave-atlas-3.8.2-10... > WARNING: While resolving dependency "system-java16-dev" for package > "octave-atlas-3.8.2-10", package "system-java16-dev" was not found. > Exiting with failure. > > $ /usr/libexec/java_home -V > Matching Java Virtual Machines (2): > 1.8.0_66, x86_64: "Java SE 8" > /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_66.jdk/Contents/Home > 1.7.0_80, x86_64: "Java SE 7" > /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home > > /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_66.jdk/Contents/Home > > $ java -version > java version "1.8.0_66" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_66-b17) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.66-b17, mixed mode) > > I do not wish to install java1.6.0 on El Capitan since Oracle has advised > against using legacy Java due to security loopholes. Would it be possible to > make octave depend on java1.8.0 instead ? > > Thanks in advance, > Ibrahim
Not easily. 1) Octave _links_ to a Java library, even though that isn’t a best practice. The default linkage for OS X in their build is to the legacy Java 1.6 framework. 2) Oracle decided not to provided an unversioned convenience symlink for their Java releases to point at the current version, and Fink doesn’t currently have such a thing, so it’s nontrivial to come up with a scheme which will work with everybody’s Java setup. The legacy Java 1.6 has a stable location. Multiple Java versions coexist, and you’ll only be using a library from Apple’s Java 1.6. Anything else you do with Java should use the current Oracle version on your system. Or feel free to modify your build by copying octave-3.8.2.info and the relevant octave*.patch files to /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo, and add .1 to the Revision in octave-3.8.2.info. The easiest thing to do is to add --disable-java to the ConfigureParams to disable Java, and then you can remove system-java16 and system-java16-dev from the dependencies. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
