AIX Developers' Toolkit for Java (JDK) 1.1.6

Fixpack 4 (IX86441)

 

Downloading and Installation Notes

Hold down "Shift" and then click to download the IX86441.tar.Z file.

Retrieve the install image by running zcat IX86441.tar.Z | tar -xvf - .

Run the System Management Interface Tool  (SMIT) and select the "install_latest" option as follows:

smit update_all
or, if you lack the graphics version:
smitty update_all
Then enter the directory containing the fixes.

The "installp" version of the AIX JDK 1.1.6 will install into the "/usr" filesystem. Specifically, it installs into the directory:

  /usr/jdk_base

Java for AIX fixes list

Build
Defect
APAR
Description 
a116-19981001 5034  IX86243 Javac output directories: bad permissions
a116-19981001 7130 IX86245 Scrollbar.setUnitIncrement is not working 
a116-19981001 6638 IX83047 RMI error reaping object with references 
a116-19981008 6936 IX83074 Closing sockets on SMP machines
a116-19981008 7071 IX83117 AppletSecurity can be bypassed 
a116-19981008 7171  IX83143  SIGSEGV with JIT on media files
a116-19981013  7428  IX83249 bolditalic in EN_GB NullPointerException
a116-19981013 7234 IX83077 Japanese text in EN_GB UTF-8 locale 
a116-19981014 6831 IX83275 WebSphere scanHandle sigsegv + maybe 6272
a116-19981014  7233 IX83270 UTF8 locales text component widths wrong
a116-19981015 7244 IX83269 dt xlfds with -- get NullPointerException
a116-19981015 7545  IX86256 async_gc thread fails 
a116-19981016 7570  IX83379 UNIXProcess.waitfor hang (WebSphere) 
a116-19981016 6744 IX83399 Incorrect hostname on AIX 4.3
a116-19981017 7580  IX83439 Fix full version info. on jre 
a116-19981017 5501  IX83440 Fix jre -cp <classpath> -d <class> 
a116-19981020 7607 IX83483 Remove "Error: Child exited!" message. 
a116-19981021 7432 IX83447 Fix SIGSEGV with JIT for Netscape 
a116-19981021 7345 IX83566 JNI panic with JIT 
a116-19981022 4669 IX83604  Restore java_g non-optimise build 
a116-19981022 7511  IX83628 H.263 video patchy   H.263 video patchy 
a116-19981023 7487   appletviewer -debug not working 
a116-19981106 7546 IX84149 SIGSEGV under heavy JNI load 
a116-19981106 7001 IX84157 jdb confused by 'next' and exceptions
a116-19981107 7659 IX84223 Thread problem on 1.1.6 with JIT 
a116-19981107 7725 IX84224 Hang with JIT on 
a116-19981107 7568   failures when ksh cd builtin overridden
a116-19981111 7132 IX84320 DBCS setText() problem with echoChar 
a116-19981111 7879 IX84319 Increase limits when running on AIX 4.3.2
a116-19981113 7205  IX84374 Add support for Zh_CN's GBK fonts 
a116-19981113 7932  IX84398 Unnecessary space in IM layout (DBCS)
a116-19981114 7939  IX84515 Security fix 
a116-19981116 7803 IX84525 Italian money format fails 
a116-19981119 8014  IX84621 JIT loop optimisation problem 
a116-19981119 5679 IX84622  Modal dialog blocking event dispatching 
a116-19981120 7720 IX84662 Gaps in font size support for Euro
a116-19981120 7650 IX84616 Conflicting definitions of ALIGN macro 
a116-19981120 7718  IX84617 No exception on re-binding socket port 
a116-19981124 7464  IX84782  Printing hangs 
a116-19981125 7004 IX84883 Apps with system out hang jdb
a116-19981201 8091 IX84943 GC/Finalizer hang.  GC/Finalizer hang. 
a116-19981208 8182    Add javacpp to JRE
a116-19981208 7964  IX86259 WebSphere hang in the Garbage Collector 
a116-19981209 8142  IX86260 SIGSEGV in VolanoMark with JIT on
a116-19990106 6871  IX86248  ALT-key combinations broken on non-US
a116-19990106 8386 IX86250 Dialog.setLocation() failing 
a116-19990109 8359 IX86249IX86249 SIGSEGV (JITbackPatch) with JIT on
a116-19990109 8458 IX85983 AWT Flush not releasing system resources 
a116-19990112 8128  IX86254 Euro broken in single-byte IBM1252 locale
a116-19990112 7877 IX86252 Crash due to Xt and modal dialog timing 
a116-19990114 8321  IX86255 X server grab/hang with popup menus
a116-19990114 8503   Reinstate JS 116 Class initialisation 
a116-19990115 8440    WebSM status line clipped in Ja_JP/DBCS