JPackage Sun Java crashes Firefox [SOLVED, sort of]

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Alexander Volovics wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:31:13AM -0500, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>
> > I installed the JPackage java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.06 RPM, and now many of the
> > Java sites that I visit crash Firefox.  I am using firefox-1.0-2.fc3.
> >[...]
> > Anyone else experiencing this?  How can I get more information to isolate
> > whether this is a Firefox or Java issue?
>
> Matthew,
>
> I have just installed jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin (downloaded
> from the Sun Java website) directly and do not experience your problems.
> I am also using firefox-1.0.2.fc3.

So upgrading to JPackage's java-1.5.0-sun solves the problem as well.
Wonder how Eclipse will work with Java 1.5.0...

As a side effect, I have a spec file to build java-1.5.0 with Sun's
jdk-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.bin, if anyone wants it.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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