Java Development Kit upgrade to release 1.1.6            8/17/98
 
We have upgraded the default JDK on Athena to release 1.1.6 for Athena Suns, 
SGI machines running the Athena 8.2 release, and Linux/NetBSD machines.

SUN USERS- SEE IMPORTANT SUN NOTE BELOW

To run pre-1.1.6 releases, add the java locker and follow the
application name with a version switch, i.e. "javac -ver 1.1.5
myapplet.java", or, if you prefer, add the java_v1.1.5 locker instead
of the java locker, which will allow you to run 1.1.5 applications
without the "-ver 1.1.5" command-line switch ("javac myapplet.java"
will then run javac 1.1.5).

On Suns, after doing "add -f java" you will find man pages for most of the
java components ("man javac", etc.). On SGI, you will find html 
documentation after doing "add java_v1.1.6, starting from file
/mit/java_v1.1.6/www/release.html,

We have tried to keep the directory structure for each platform version
as close to each vendor's original distribution as possible, and there
are small but possibly significant differences in components that would
otherwise be platform-independent. for this reason the directory
/mit/java_v1.1.6/include is an @sys AFS link to different vendor include 
directories.

The roots of the respective vendor distribution trees are below
/mit/java_v1.1.6/distrib/$ATHENA_SYS.

SUN NOTE: as of Athena 8.2, there is a built-in JDK distribution (1.1.3) 
that will be found earlier in your path if you access the java lockers
bu doing "add java"; if you want the java locker versions with releases
other than 1.1.3, you will need to do "add -f java" instead.

This message is in file /mit/java/Athena/messages/JDK116 if you want to
read it again.

Please report problems to 3partysw@mit.edu.