-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chuck,
On 11/13/11 1:13 AM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >> From: Cifer [mailto:mantia...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: >> build.xml:2313: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for >> details > >> why must i use java6 to compile tomcat7 > > Because Sun (not Oracle) added methods to an interface class in JDK > 7 that Tomcat does not implement, resulting in errors during > compilation. Tomcat cannot add the methods in question since > doing so would make it impossible to run Tomcat on JDK 6. Sun did > not think that one through. Can you give me a reference for that? I'd like to read about it. Thanks, - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7BOk8ACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PCgnwCcDXRdhYdvMaTkQk6/VDR0rcfL cK4AoJ2mv/BaIDLQFNf48K3u91M/FCLe =1jE2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org