[vtkusers] Latest SnowLeopard Java update is missing headers

[Marcus D. Hanwell]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Sean McBride <sean at rogue-research.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:48:49 -0600, David Gobbi said:
>
>>For the Apple/Java users out there,
>>
>>Last week I noticed that VTK/Java wouldn't compile after an automatic
>>update of my OS X 10.6 system.  It seems that the header files that
>>should be in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Headers/ are
>>not there anymore.  Luckily, they were still in the MacOSX10.6.sdk.
>>
>>I copied the files from here, and now the Java build works again:
>>/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/
>>JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Headers/
>>
>>At first I thought that it was just random chance and that only my own
>>machine was effected, but the VTK dashboard seems to indicate that
>>those header files were removed from all Macs that received that
>>update.
>
> David,
>
> I noticed this on our dashboards, and was also going to follow up with
> the list, but ya beat me to it!  :)  I haven't tried it yet, but it
> seems there is a nicer solution that what you propose, which I found here:
>
> <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/26934>
>
> That is, install the "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 Developer
> Package." from here:
> <https://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wa/
> getSoftware?bundleID=20719>
>
I saw this on my laptop, and assumed it was a local issue that I
hadn't had time to get to. Has someone reported the issue to Apple
yet?

Marcus