JDK 1.5 is out, and it breaks Maven

[Berin Loritsch <bl...@d-haven.org>]

Thanks to the new JDK 1.5 installer, the default location to install both the
runtime and the developer kit is within the %PROGRAM_FILES% directory.  That
means a space is in the path to the "java" command no matter how you slice it.

The current "maven" script for Cygwin compatibility does not properly handle
this arrangement--because it never had to until now.  The proper way to solve
the issue is to add surrounding quotes to the $JAVACMD that starts up maven.
Enclosed is a script that works.

Also a problem is that the defaults on the "javac" compiler are different, and
the fact that we set the "-target" option without specifying the "-source"
option means that all compilation will fail with the following message:

javac: source release 1.4 requires target release 1.4

The default "-source" option is "1.4" for JDK 1.5, which means you need a
"-target" of "1.4".  Actually, unless you intend to have Java 1.1 compatible
binaries, the "-target" option should never be set.

As a temperary workaround, how do we override the "-source" property in
Maven?

Re: JDK 1.5 is out, and it breaks Maven

[Berin Loritsch <bl...@d-haven.org>]

Berin Loritsch wrote:

> 
> As a temperary workaround, how do we override the "-source" property in
> Maven?

Ok, I found the answer to my own question:

maven.compile.source
maven.compile.target

Thanks.


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