Re: ? newer version overwrites older
JClark wrote:
...
I'm having problems getting two versions of java runtime environment
to work together. A program I need to view my charts at a hospital
requires java 1.4.2_13.
I was instructed to do the following: ...
I think a better strategy is to entirely ignore those instructions,
and 'send it back to the manufacturer' with a question as
to why their software requires a version of the Java Plug-In
that is ..
a) already in EOL
b) 3 versions behind the latest 1.4.2 available (not that I pay
much attention to 1.4.2, but AFAIR, the latest release was
essentially a security related bug fix - so it is quite possible
that _13 suffers from a security bug that is now 'well-known').
You might also test this theory of the software not running
in later versions. There are only a few (stupid and fragile)
things that might have been done in the code, that would
prevent it from running in later versions.
To test it in a later run-time version, I suggest you hire the
services of a consultant (one who claims to know about
Java versioning issues, specifically).
--
Andrew Thompson
http://www.physci.org/
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