Re: Warning!! Apple Software Update on late 2008 MacBook Pro may disable WOLips

From: Chuck Hill (chil..lobal-village.net)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2008 - 13:59:49 EST

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    On Nov 19, 2008, at 10:05 AM, David Holt wrote:

    > Hi all,
    >
    > This seems to affect MacOS X 10.5.5 on a new MBP.
    >
    > Installing all the Apple updates available from Software Update
    > right after setting up a brand new MacBook Pro makes my Eclipse/
    > WOLips installation unusable. After updating, WOLips will not run or
    > debug WebObjects applications. There is no error message, it just
    > immediatly stops with a <terminated> message and no stack trace
    > (incidentally Eclipse will attempt to run a WOApplication if you run
    > as a Java Application and stop with an error message and the stack
    > trace).
    >
    > I haven't installed the updates one at a time to determine which one
    > is actually causing the error. I'll post when I get the chance to
    > do that.
    >
    > Make sure you back up your system just before installing any updates
    > so that you can revert if necessary (I was still stabilizing my new
    > installation so I hadn't started backing it up yet).
    >
    > Installing all available updates for Leopard hasn't affected my
    > Eclipse/WOLips installation on an Intel mini which makes the whole
    > experience even more bizarre.
    >
    > I would be interested to know if anyone else has had an experience
    > with the new MBP that contradicts what I have found.

    I just set up my new one (High Def screen is nice!) with no problems.
    BUT, I just copied everything from my old machine and did not install
    Eclipse. Everything works fine.

    Chuck

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