Java SE 6u24

17 points by rschildmeijer 15 years ago | 8 comments

blinkingled 15 years ago |

They can't seem to get auto update working for Windows 64-bit JDK. Need to uninstall and install on every update. May be by JDK 8 or so we might have a chance of getting that.

rschildmeijer 15 years ago |

the famous floating point glitch seems to fixed

nbpoole 15 years ago | |

They've had that available for a week:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/inde...

This fixes a number of other vulnerabilities:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb...

pasbesoin 15 years ago | | |

Also, as I understand it from another story, 6u24 doesn't break the update mechanism, while the FP bug patch does/did.

Ah, here's the mention, in the ReadMe link located in your first linked document:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/fpupdater-tool...

The FPUpdater tool is not intended for use on systems managed through auto-update as this will disable future auto-updates. We recommend that you wait until the next Critical Patch Update (CPU) when you can update your installation by going to http://java.com/latest .

(Whether you want auto-update is, I guess, a separate question, though not an insignificant one.)

pkulak 15 years ago |

When do we get closures?

Teckla 15 years ago | |

It has been extremely well documented that closures are planned for Java 8. If you absolutely, positively can't wait, anonymous inner classes are your best work-around at the moment. However, it turns out you can, in fact, get by without closures.

Or is this just a thinly veiled attempt to insult the current state of Java? If so, it might be more productive to simply choose a different programming language that you like better.

pkulak 15 years ago | | |

Whoa! Slow down, buddy. Didn't mean to push your buttons there. You're right, I do get by just fine using inner classes, and will continue to do so. I was just wondering for the pure convenience of making code prettier.

netmau5 15 years ago |

So it's now "Java for Business"...