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A fix for broken Java after 10.3.9 upgrade
I do have the problem, and reinstalling this old "security update" did fix it, however, it replaces JavaScriptCore among others so I'm afraid it's only fixing it by the way of reverting to older versions of certain libraries, thus losing the benefits of whatever updates Apple included...
Java versus JavaScript
The fact that that old security update replaces a JavaScript library and that this makes the reported problems go away makes me suspicious that the reported problems with Java on 10.3.9 are actually problems with JavaScript and not Java itself.
Contrary to what it seems from the name, JavaScript is not at all related to Java. However, many web sites make use of JavaScript to communicate between a web page and its embedded Java applet, so problems with JavaScript can make such pages not work properly and some people might interpret this as a problem with Java. The 10.3.9 update does make extensive changes in JavaScript - see notes on Dave Hyatt's weblog
Java versus JavaScript
Since the command "java -version" in the terminal seg faults, I am fairly certain that the problem is related to Java and not JavaScript.
java -version
If you are seeing the 'java -version' command fail with a seg fault,
java -version
GNU gdb 5.3-20030128 (Apple version gdb-330.1) (Fri Jul 16 21:42:28 GMT 2004) |
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