Java version 7 update 60 has been released by Oracle. This is the latest version available for users who run Java on their PCs. Java is a programming language and computing platform. It is also a software package that runs on more than 850 million personal computers worldwide. There are lots of applications and websites that will not work properly unless you have Java installed.
New Features and Changes
Java ignores deployment.expiration.check.enabled
property for first launch
If you have an older version of Java and expiration check is turned off through deployment.properties
file, Java may ignore this property for first launch.
To ensure that expiration check is disabled, use the following Java Web Start command:
javaws -userConfig deployment.expiration.check.enabled false
If this property is changed in the deployment.properties
file, open the Java Control Panel before starting an application to ensure that the native cache is synchronized with the file. For more information, see Deployment Configuration File and Properties.
New flags added to Java Management API
The flags MinHeapFreeRatio
and MaxHeapFreeRatio
have been made manageable. This means they can be changed at runtime using the management API in Java. Support for these flags have also been added to the ParallelGC
as part of the adaptive size policy.
Bug Fixes
This update contains 132 bug fixes for Oracle Java SE. The following are some of the notable bug fixes in this release:
Area: security-libs/java.security
Synopsis: Realm.getRealmsList returns realms list in wrong order
Java does not support the [capaths] section in krb5.conf
correctly if there are more then one intermediate realm between the client realm and the server realm.
Java is one of the applications that is managed and updated by ODS. If you are a current customer, ODS will automatically update your version of Java over the next few days. The update will install silently. No user interaction is required. There are no additional fees or charges for ODS to update your version of Java.