Which javac is being used?

[Jiawei Ye]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:02:06 +0100, Herve Quiroz
<herve.quiroz at esil.univ-mrs.fr> wrote:
> But what intrigues me is the fact that both 'java' and 'javac' should
> use the same logic to pick a JDK (afterall they are both symlinks of
> the same 'javavm' file). Hence whichever JDK is chosen, 'javac -version'
> and 'java -version' would output the same version number...
> 
> I'll try to see if I can reproduce the same error as you Jiawey, once
> the java/jdk15 build is done on my box (if I don't lack free HD space
> until then).
> 
> But in the mean time, here are my quick two cents:
> 
> Is it possible that you use an alias javac->jikes with some
> JIKES_BOOTCLASSPATH (or equivalent) set to /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/...
> 
> Jiawei, could you try running the same commands but undefining JAVA_*
> beforehand (and just with JAVA_VERSION=1.5 as suggested by Jonathan)?
> 
> Herve
I found the problem. If I set JAVA_HOME=${localbase}/jdk1.5.0/jre,
'java' would run jdk1.5.0 vm but 'javac' picks up the wrong version
from bsd.port.mk since the executable isn't found in ${JAVA_HOME/bin.
Setting JAVA_VERSION=1.5 works.

Regards,

Jiawei Ye
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