Javavm , 1.5 vs 1.6 under 7

[Norberto Meijome]

hi there,
I have the following VMs installed:
[betom at ayiin] [Thu Nov  8 19:05:28 2007]
/usr/home/betom
$ pkg_info | grep jdk
jdk-1.5.0.13p7,1    Java Development Kit 1.5.0
jdk-1.6.0.2p2       Java Development Kit 1.6.0

[betom at ayiin] [Thu Nov  8 19:05:31 2007]
/usr/home/betom
$ cat /usr/local/etc/javavms 
/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/bin/java
/usr/local/jdk1.5.0/bin/java # FREEBSD-JDK1.5.0

$ uname -srv
FreeBSD 7.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA2 #2: Wed Nov  7 12:02:06 EST 200

From man javavm: 
[....]

   By default, javavm will select the most ``native'' and up to date version
     of the Java VM when a given symbolic link is used, invoking and passing
     the arguments to the matching executable within the chosen Java VM.  The
     choice of Java VM may also be influenced by using environment variables
     to constrain the version, vendor and operating system of the Java VM.

[...]

I would expect javavm to pick 1.6 as the default VM, but it picks 1.5

$ java -version
java version "1.5.0_13-p7"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_13-p7-root_08_nov_2007_16_03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_13-p7-root_08_nov_2007_16_03, mixed mode

It works ok if I export JAVA_VERSION=1.6 to my environment, but I wonder why 1.5 is considered the "more native and up to date version of the Java VM"

thanks,
B
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