PI79901: RAD96 ON MAC OS IS NOT USING ECLIPSE.INI IN THE CORRECT LOCATIONFOR MAC/ECLIPSE OR CORRECT -VM

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.6.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• With IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) v9.6.0 on MAC OS,
  it was observed that:
  
  1.  the  {RAD96}./Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini
  incorrectly refers to ....javaw:
  
  -vm
  /Applications/IBM/RAD96GM/jdk/jre/bin/javaw
  
  2. RAD 9.6 on MAC OS does not appear to be using eclipse.ini
  for MAC that is located in:
  {RAD96}/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini
  , in any capacity.
  Even if its -vm is changed to refer to .../java
  
  It was found that RAD was not using that eclipse.ini, by placing
  incorrect entries in that file that should have caused an error
  on RAD startup. Also, as is, RAD will start with whatever
  JAVA_HOME is on the system
  
  There is an Eclipse bugzilla:
  - Bug 446390 - Change location of eclipse.ini (for Mac OS X
  signing)
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=446390
  
  It mentions a new application signing requirement in Mac OS 10.9
  and above, starting from Eclipse Mars (IES 4.5), eclipse.ini is
  now located at Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini of the Eclipse
  application package. There is a wiki that mentions the new
  location
  https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini#-vm_value:_Mac_OS_X_Example
  

Local fix

• 1. backup and edit:
   {RAD96)./Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini
  ,and change ../javaw to ../java in the -vm line:
  For example:
  -vm
  /Applications/IBM/RAD96GM/jdk/jre/bin/javaw
  , to
  -vm
  /Applications/IBM/RAD96GM/jdk/jre/bin/java
  
  2.Move
  {RAD96)./Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini
  to
  {RAD96)./Eclipse.app/Contents/eclipse.ini
  
  The {RAD 9.6} path on MAC OS is typically like:
  /Applications/IBM/SoftwareDeliveryPlatform{_n}
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Rational Application Developer 9.6 users on MacOS        *
  * operating system.                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Rational Application Developer 9.6 on MacOS is not using the *
  * correct eclipse.ini file.                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is included in Rational Application
  Developer version 9.6.1
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL APP DEV WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724J1901

Applicable component levels

• R961 PSY

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