HP-UX 11i Java JDK/JRE Version 5.0.30 Release Notes

Contents
HP secure development lifecycle...................................................................................................5
1 HP-UX 11i Java™ JDK, JRE, and Plug-In version 5.0.30 release notes..............................................6
Overview................................................................................................................6
2 What is new in 5.0.30 release..................................................................................................7
Equivalent Oracle release..........................................................................................7
HotSpot JVM............................................................................................................7
Problem fixes...........................................................................................................8
Defect fixes in this release..........................................................................................8
Security fixes in this release........................................................................................8
3 Installation............................................................................................................................11
Patches.................................................................................................................11
HP-UX system requirements.......................................................................................11
Web browser requirements......................................................................................11
Installation instructions.............................................................................................12
PA-RISC add-on package.........................................................................................13
JDK/JRE consistency...............................................................................................13
Installing into an alternate location...........................................................................13
File structure JDK/JRE..............................................................................................14
File structure Runtime Plug-in.....................................................................................15
Removing support for unwanted architectures in the JRE...............................................16
Support for C++ applications built with -AA and -AP options (PA-RISC) only...................16
4 Usage documentation............................................................................................................18
Change in loading of .hotspot_compiler and .hotspotrc files........................................18
5 Known issues........................................................................................................................19
Running Java applications with hyperthreading enabled..............................................19
Performance Degradation in BigInteger class (HP Integrity 64-bit only)...........................20
Recommend setting PTHREAD_SUSPEND_SYNC to 1 under certain conditions (HP-UX
11.31 (11i v3)).........................................................................................................20
Limitation when using jconsole (11i HP Integrity and HP9000 PA-RISC)...........................20
Supplementary characters display as empty boxes (11i HP Integrity and HP 9000
PA-RISC)................................................................................................................20
Initializing a JVM instance with JNI_CreateJavaVM() or attaching to JVM with
AttachCurrentThread() on HP Integrity........................................................................20
Using compiler safepoints (HP-UX 11.11 (11i v1) PA-RISC) ..............................................21
shl_load HotSpot libjvm problem due to TLS (HP-UX PA-RISC 32-bit only)........................21
Using linker option +noenvvar and +compat on HP Integrity and PA-64 systems.............22
Running Java with setuid or setgid on HP Integrity and PA systems................................22
Running Aries PA-RISC emulation on HP Integrity........................................................22
Java WebStart ......................................................................................................22
Using -XX:+UseTimedWait to correct kernel application hang on Itanium........................22
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