RE: Eclipse, Java, os.arch and os.name

I have now also allowed "x86" for os.arch when os.name is "Linux". This
change will be present in the next version 5.3 patch release.

cheers, 

josh

Developer, Parc Technologies Limited
josh.singer@parc-technologies.com
http://www.parc-technologies.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lloyd Kamara [mailto:l.kamara@ic.ac.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:31 PM
To: eclipse-bugs@icparc.ic.ac.uk
Subject: Eclipse, Java, os.arch and os.name


Hello - this isn't really a bug s such, but...
I have notice that when eclipse checks to see
whether the Eclipse-Java interface is supported
on the current platform, it is quite strict.
It wants os.arch to be i386.  This causes it to
refuse to run when (say) the IBM SDK is used under
Linux (System properties are "Linux" for "os.name"
and "x86" for "os.arch").  At the moment, I use
the following code to circumvent this:

if ( (System.getProperty( "os.name" ).equals("Linux") ) ) {
  if ( (System.getProperty( "os.arch" ).equals("x86") ) ) {
        System.setProperty("os.arch", "i386");
     }
}

I was wondering whether the test for os.arch might be relaxed
somewhat, although I can imagine why it might not (only the
"official" SDK is tested and supported, for instance).

Regards,
	Lloyd Kamara