9/5/00

  Java Development Kit default set to 1.3.0 (Linux, Sun) and 1.2.2 (SGI)  
 
The Java development Kit default version on Athena is now 1.3.0 (Sun, Linux)
and 1.2.2 (SGI).

Please note that while "add java" is the proper command to attach the proper
locker for SGI and Linux, you need to type "add -f java" on Suns in order
to bypass an older version supplied with Solaris.

These are the latest available releases as of this writing. The Sun version
is a late beta; the Linux release is a new IBM-developed port.

To run older versions now do "add java" (SGI, Linux) or "add -f java" (Sun)
followed by a JDK command immediately followed by a "-ver" switch, i.e. like:

javac -ver 1.1.6 myfile.java (Sun, Linux) 
javac -ver 1.2.1 myfile.java (SGI)

(if you use any other command-line switches, they must follow the "-ver"
 switch).

Documentation in html format is available starting from:

http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.3.0/www/index.html (general 1.3.0 documentation)
http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.3.0/www/linuxindex.html (Linux-specific 1.3.0 docs)
http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2.2/www/sgiindex.html (SGI-specific 1.2.2 docs)
 
This message is in file /mit/java/Athena/messages/JDK130def if you want to
read it again.

Please report installation problems or questions to 3partysw@mit.edu