Re: Need test of patch for OS X

[Ben Abbott]

> On May 9, 2016, at 10:38 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On 05/09/2016 10:27 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
>> test ov-java.cc
>> ***** testif HAVE_JAVA
>>  assert (javaObject ("java.lang.Short", 40000).doubleValue < 0);
>> !!!!! test failed
>> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib:
>>  failed to load: 
>> dlopen(/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib,
>>  10): no suitable image found.  Did find:
>>      
>> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries/libjvm.dylib:
>>  mach-o, but wrong architecture
> 
> Hmm.  Well, there was a comment in the code that using the octave_shlib 
> method of loading the jvm had problems, but I'm suspicious about that. Surely 
> there is a way to dynamically load the jvm into Octave.  We do it with .oct 
> files, so why not the jvm?
> 
> Since the message is about it being the wrong architecture, maybe that isn't 
> the correct file?  Are there other libjvm libraries on your system?
> 
> jwe

I don’t think so, but the libjvm I have is from 2014 … and looks to be out of 
date. I’ve downloaded and installed the jre and sdk for Java Version 8 Update 
91. I’ll need to modify my configure script to use the new version. I’ll report 
back tomorrow.

Ben