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Bug 338935

Summary:	When I add JREs, symbolic links are resolved
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Aaron Digulla <digulla>
Component:	Debug	Assignee:	JDT-Debug-Inbox <jdt-debug-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	markus.kell.r
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
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Description Aaron Digulla

2011-03-04 09:12:11 EST

Build Identifier: 3.6.2

When I select a symbolic link as the installation source of my JDK, someone expands it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Java 6 in /opt
2. Create a link from /opt/java6 to the version you just installed
3. Add /optJava6 as JRE to Eclipse in the preferences

-> Instead of "/opt/java6", the resolved name of the symbolic link is used. If I install a new version of Java, I have to update all my JREs in Eclipse manually.

Comment 1 Markus Keller

2011-03-04 09:40:59 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 266651 ***