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 - 15:00:26 EST

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    On Nov 19, 2008, at 11:42 AM, David Holt wrote:

    > Hi Ken, Chuck,
    >
    > Thanks for letting me know. I guess my machine's just cursed then
    > (but I'll still take it ;-)
    >
    > Are you guys using the latest version of Eclipse/WOLips with nightly?

     From a few weeks back.

    > Was Eclipse installed before or after you did the updates? Did this
    > include the Safari 3.2 update? Are you using Apache instead of
    > DirectConnect?

    Installed before the updates, using the latest Safari and Apache.
    Direct Connect is Evil. ;-)

    Chuck

    >
    >
    > David
    >
    > On 19-Nov-08, at 10:54 AM, Ken Anderson wrote:
    >
    >> FYI - I did a full software update yesterday on an Oct-08 MBP and
    >> I'm using Eclipse/WOLips without issue.
    >>
    >> On Nov 19, 2008, at 1:05 PM, 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.
    >>>
    >>> David
    >>
    >
    >

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