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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some crappy software actively checks for a specific version, and you can't work around that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can you edit the byte code with a hex editor to change that check?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Just build the OSS version of java-impl with the patched version number as expected by the shitty software.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Not if you want support from the vendor :p