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Re: Which Java for web browsers in SL 5.6
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Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
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Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 13 May 2011 08:27:30 -0400
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On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Dr Andrew C Aitchison
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Which Java do people use inside web browsers in SL 5.6
> (my main interest is 32bit firefox on 64bit machines
> but would consider other browsers on 64bit machines) ?
>
> I'm still using jdk but wondering about icedtea.
>
> Thanks.

I've previously updated a stack of hooks for Sun^H^H^H Oracle Jave
over at JPackage for such systems, in order to work with recent Tomcat
and Ant. I've given up supporting it as an unnecessary mess, and the
version 6 of JPackage tools works much better with the OpenJDK in SL
6. Upgrade if you can.

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