In Ubuntu the problem is aggrevated by the fact that even when the user installs sun-java5-jre (or 6) and uses the alternatives system to set that JRE as the preferred one, Eclipse uses gcj anyway! This is because there is the file /etc/eclipse/java_home which looks like this and causes gcj to be used unless one sets JAVA_HOME: ------------------------ # This file determines the search order the Eclipse Platform uses to find a # compatible JAVA_HOME. This setting may be overridden on a per-user basis by # altering the JAVA_HOME setting in ~/.eclipse/eclipserc.
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj /usr/lib/kaffe/pthreads /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun /usr/lib/j2se/1.5 /usr/lib/j2se/1.4 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-ibm /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-ibm /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun ------------------------ It would be better if it looked like this: ------------------------ # This file determines the search order the Eclipse Platform uses to find a # compatible JAVA_HOME. This setting may be overridden on a per-user basis by # altering the JAVA_HOME setting in ~/.eclipse/eclipserc. /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj ------------------------ -- Warn Eclipse users if they aren't running a supported platform https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158457 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
