65939 – sun-jdk 1.5 defaults to -target 1.5 making downgrading impossible

Bug 65939 - sun-jdk 1.5 defaults to -target 1.5 making downgrading impossible

Summary: sun-jdk 1.5 defaults to -target 1.5 making downgrading impossible

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Java team

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Reported:	2004-09-30 10:47 UTC by Thomas Matthijs (RETIRED)
Modified:	2005-04-08 13:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Thomas Matthijs (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-09-30 10:47:25 UTC

sun-jdk 1.5 defaults to -target 1.5 making downgrading impossible

the only solution i see atm is to fix every single package in the tree to build with the lowest -target possible, which is alot of work

any better ideas are more then welcome

Comment 1 Thomas Matthijs (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-09-30 14:37:18 UTC