Bug: Typo, wrong Symlink path to JavaControlPanel.prefPane on Mac OS X port of JDK7 Update 6 Build 22 (original) (raw)

sierkb at gmx.de sierkb at gmx.de
Mon Aug 6 00:53:19 PDT 2012


Bug Report (Bug ID: 7189314):

Synopsis:

Typo, wrong Symlink path to JavaControlPanel.prefPane on Mac OS X port of JDK7 Update 6 Build 22

Full OS version:

Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)

Development Kit or Runtime version:

$ /usr/libexec/java_home --exec java -version java version "1.7.0_06" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_06-b22) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode)

Description:

The Symlink to the Preference Pane in /Library/PreferencePanes is set falsely by the installer. There is a typo in it which prevents the PreferencePane to be launched.

ATTENTION:

INCORRECT is (as time of writing):

sudo ln -s /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/deploy/JavaControlPanel.prefpane /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefpane

CORRECT would be:

sudo ln -s /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/deploy/JavaControlPanel.prefPane /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefPane

REMEMBER: Remember the lower "p" (incorrect) versus the upper "P" (correct) in the word "prefpane" (incorrect) versus "prefPane" (correct) of the phrase "JavaControlPanel.prefPane"

This bug is part of the latest FCS-build of JDK7u6-b22 on http://jdk7.java.net/download.html http://www.java.net/download/jdk7u6/archive/b22/binaries/jdk-7u6-fcs-bin-b22-macosx-x86_64-01_aug_2012.dmg

as well as part of the official public OTN-builds on http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1637583.html http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u6-b22/jdk-7u6-macosx-x64.dmg

Steps to Reproduce:

Install jdk-7u6-fcs-bin-b22-macosx-x86_64-01_aug_2012.dmg or jdk-7u6-macosx-x64.dmg

$ ls -l /Library/PreferencePanes

Expected Result:

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 101 6 Aug 08:53 JavaControlPanel.prefPane -> /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/deploy/JavaControlPanel.prefPane

Actual Result:

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 101 6 Aug 08:53 JavaControlPanel.prefpane -> /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/deploy/JavaControlPanel.prefpane

Workaround:

$ sudo rm /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefpane $ sudo ln -s /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/deploy/JavaControlPanel.prefPane /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefPane



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