Mac Help Information

[John Sanchirico]

So as you may know and recently fixed you had to set some paraments for example ( -XXermSize=64M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M) for FTB on mac.
Well last night Apple Found A Security Hole In There Apple's Java 6 So They Said Ok Apple Java 7 And Completely Disable Java 6 From Ever Being Able To Be Used. So Basically Everyone With A Mac Using FTB is Fucked Until FTB Or Apple Updates Something.
Just Letting Everyone Know So The Thread Does Not Get Spam!

 

[preludelinux]

Just wondering would openjdk 6/7/8 work? its possible to build packages for Mac OSX, i dont have access to a MAC to actually build / test though. openjdk 7 works perfectly in linux.

 

[John Sanchirico]

Apple Has Entirely Blocks Java 6 Im Not In The Mood To Make A Pack To Fx It Do You Have TS3 So We Can Talk About Some Fixes?

 

[preludelinux]

This maybe of interest, i have teamspeak if needed but only built in mic on the laptop my headset is packed away in storage somewhere.
https://wikis.oracle.com/display/OpenJDK/Mac OS X Port
https://github.com/hgomez/obuildfactory/wiki

yes it requires building the packages from source and having Xcode installed, its worth a shot at least.

 

[John Sanchirico]

I am currently working on a fix just if someone can help me trace java's new location

 

[jmarler]

The last security update I see from Apple indicates a new version of Java 6 is available from Apple. The update released four days ago only mentions an update to how JNLP filetypes are handled by default, which should not affect FTB or the launcher.

Can you post a link to the Apple update that completely removes Java 6? I am running 10.8.2 with all the most recent patches installed, and Java 6 has not been removed from my system:

java version "1.6.0_43"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_43-b01-447-11M4203)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.14-b01-447, mixed mode)
 
$ which java
/usr/bin/java
$ ls -al /usr/bin/java
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  74 Mar  5 22:26 /usr/bin/java -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java
 
$ ls -al /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
total 64
drwxr-xr-x  11 root  wheel  374 Mar  9 17:23 .
drwxr-xr-x  11 root  wheel  374 Mar 18 12:54 ..
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Mar  5 22:26 1.4 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Mar  5 22:26 1.4.2 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Mar  5 22:26 1.5 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Mar  5 22:26 1.5.0 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Mar  5 22:26 1.6 -> CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   10 Mar  5 22:26 1.6.0 -> CurrentJDK
drwxr-xr-x   8 root  wheel  272 Mar  9 17:23 A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    1 Mar  5 22:26 Current -> A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   59 Mar  5 22:26 CurrentJDK -> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents

 

[John Sanchirico]

There is no link its a update from the mac store. i ask how you got that code it might help me find the fix

 

[jmarler]

I think you have a different problem with your system. Once you get up to 1.6.0_43, you should be fine. I'm a Mac developer, and as far as I can tell, Apple hasn't released any updates from the MAS (Mac App Store) or anywhere else that completely removes Java v6. By default, the latest Java patches disable web applets, but that would not affect FTB or the launcher.

That isn't code, it's just the output of some simple commands. The output shows that Java v6 is very much still installed.

 

[Ashzification]

So as you may know and recently fixed you had to set some paraments for example ( -XXermSize=64M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M) for FTB on mac.
Well last night Apple Found A Security Hole In There Apple's Java 6 So They Said Ok Apple Java 7 And Completely Disable Java 6 From Ever Being Able To Be Used. So Basically Everyone With A Mac Using FTB is Fucked Until FTB Or Apple Updates Something.
Just Letting Everyone Know So The Thread Does Not Get Spam!

The security and memory issues with Apple Java 6 have been known for a long time. You can re-enable Java 6 (see link in my trouble shooting guide). Apple needs to make an update to Java that does not break LWJGL

 

[John Sanchirico]

This Link Is Known\ Not To Work And IS Written By Oracle

 

[Ashzification]

The problems were in the base of Java 6 provided by Oracle, however more problems were created when Apple re-wrote it to suit their needs