Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: sierra? Date: 8 Oct 2016 18:36:39 GMT Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <57f7b4b0$0$1273$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.com> <071020161110577036%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071020161214356108%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071020161315144458%nospam@nospam.invalid> <262dnatgxNiVemrKnZ2dnUU7-IHNnZ2d@giganews.com> <071020161443050717%nospam@nospam.invalid> <392dnf3d7tD9mWTKnZ2dnUU7-QfNnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net YbTgkRRZ59IjhZzlpQ1Clg9z1GQ8P/FwwstBGUSsCpnTV7u+Oe Cancel-Lock: sha1:DSK+dR1/6sh4mEtxcx97lczDKsM= sha1:M9IDO13s8hnF7ECeQkAPDtOqh34= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.1.8 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:36742 Alan Browne wrote: > On 2016-10-08 11:28, Jolly Roger wrote: >> Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2016-10-07 14:43, nospam wrote: >>>> >>>> it also runs if you don't install java. >>> >>> It manifestly does not run if java is not installed. If I leave the pop >>> up, CS5 is not running and won't run when I try again. Installing J is >>> trivial. The solution on the page above (editing a JVM file) is more >>> trouble. >> >> It may be more trouble, but it's also more secure. > > AFAIK there are no security issues with JRT. Huh? Of course there are. And they get patched all the time. > At this point, to do the edit I'd have to uninstall JRT, do the edit and > then verify that JRT is actually no longer there and test that the new > fix does work. Perhaps I'll remember next major MacOS update. That's how I found out that Adobe apps (and CrashPlan) required Java to be installed - trying to get them running on a system with a fresh (Java-less) system install. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR