From 842e4759fd6c57db0ee51bb6e043a02a74339ab3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Brutzman <brutzman@nps.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 05:59:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Developers warning: JRE path insertion
---
developers.html | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/developers.html b/developers.html
index 98ebffea8f..e65b03c877 100644
--- a/developers.html
+++ b/developers.html
@@ -868,7 +868,8 @@ Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users.
<li>
Verify that the
system environment variables
- are set appropriately. For example, one value for <code>JAVA_HOME</code> such as
+ are set appropriately.
+ For example, one value for <code>JAVA_HOME</code> such as
<!--
<br />
<code style="color:darkgreen"><b>JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_55</b></code>
@@ -876,17 +877,22 @@ Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users.
or
-->
<br />
- <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\openjdk\jdk-16</b></code>
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\openjdk\jdk-16</b></code> # OpenJDK
<br />
- <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-14</b></code>
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-14</b></code> # Oracle JDK
<br />
- <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221</b></code>
+ <code style="color:darkgreen"><b>JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_221</b></code> # Oracle JDK
<br />
and (usually inserted at the beginning of an existing PATH, if it already exists)
<br />
<code style="color:darkgreen"><b>PATH=.;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%ANT_HOME%\bin;</b></code>
</li>
- <li>Test what version of Java is actually installed and configured for your operating system via console command line. Examples:
+ <li>
+ <span style="color:darkorange"><b>Developers warning:</b></span> ensure that external or automatic installation of Java JRE does not prepend a different Java PATH value,
+ effectively overriding the intended developmental JDK of interest.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Test what version of Java is actually installed and configured for your operating system via console command line. Examples:
<ul>
<li>
<pre>
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