[Macpartners] Wait on installing Mac OS X 10.3.9

[Phillip Long]

Kerem/Albert:
	Just to add another data point - I just updated a G4 with the new 
update and it seems to run Java apps just fine.

Regards,
	Phil

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 2:54 AM, Kerem B Limon wrote:

> Hmm...not to dispute this (Apple upgrades do often cause lots of 
> issues), but
> I'm not having that problem. 'java -version' on the Terminal gives
>
> java_version "1.4.2_05"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_05-141.4)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-38, mixed mode)
>
> This is on a PowerBook G3, freshly installed recently with updates to 
> 10.3.8 and
> updated tonight to 10.3.9. I should have a chance to upgrade more 
> machines
> Monday and see the results, including some test machines.
>
> -Kerem
>
>
> Quoting Albert Willis <awillis at MIT.EDU>:
>
>> Friday night, Apple released Mac OS X 10.3.9. You can read about it at
>> http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxupdate1039.html.
>>
>> There are several reports of Java not working. After installing the
>> update, I can confirm that Java no longer works. One way to know if
>> Java is working is to launch Terminal and use the following command:
>> java -version. You should get Java's version information.
>>
>> After installing 10.3.9, you get the error message "segmentation 
>> fault".
>>
>> SAPgui uses Mac OS X's Java runtime environment, so it's likely that
>> SAPgui won't launch after an upgrade to Mac OS X 10.3.9, although I
>> haven't been able to confirm that.
>>
>> Given that, I would recommend not upgrading to Mac OS X 10.3.9 at this
>> time. Monday is a holiday in Massachusetts, but not in California;
>> hopefully Apple will fix the updater before Tuesday.
>>
>>    -- Al
>>
>> ______________________________
>> Albert Willis
>> Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
>> Information Services and Technology
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>> awillis at mit.edu
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>
> Kerem B. Limon
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