Oracle removed JRE 10.0.2 download and released a broken Java 10.0.99 update

Posted by k_sze on Thursday October 18, 2018 @11:51AM
from the self-post dept.

The Java preference panel in macOS just notified me that there's an update to Java 10 (supposedly version 10.0.99). I proceeded to "update", but it didn't actually install a new version. Instead, it asked me to remove my "outdated" version 10.0.2. I agreed to it, but the "installer" didn't end up installing a new version 10.0.99 after uninstalling 10.0.2. I also can't find the supposed version 10.0.99 on Oracle's website. The download links for JRE and JDK 10.0.2 dmg files are also dead now. So now I'm left without a JRE/JDK that I can freely use for commercial purpose (JDK 11 is licensed differently).

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Re:Oracle removed JRE 10.0.2 download and released a broken ... by binghe on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:41AM (#18291509)

I believe the only purpose of that "JDK 10.0.99" is to remove all existing JDK 10 installations (and push you to use either JDK 8, if installed, or JDK 11).

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Re:Oracle removed JRE 10.0.2 download and released a broken ... by cnahr on Friday October 19, 2018 @11:53AM (#18257601)

I just saw the update notice myself (on Windows) but the numbering was bizarre and I couldn't find any official announcement or download, so I just killed and deleted the Java Update Scheduler instead. Useless as of JDK 11 anyway due to changed licensing. Did Oracle get hacked?

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Re:Oracle removed JRE 10.0.2 download and released a broken ... by bengunnink on Thursday October 18, 2018 @03:23PM (#18251338)

https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html#x64_mac

https://jdk.java.net/11/

Don't bother with Oracle's builds anymore.

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