[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53151] Clang OSX buildbot failing

[Rik]

Follow-up Comment #41, bug #53151 (project octave):

usejava() is designed to report whether a specific feature of Java exists.  In
this case, the test is for 'awt' or the Abstract Widget Toolkit.

The code in usejava.m is


    ## For each feature, try methods() on a Java class of a feature
    case "awt"
      try
        dum = methods ("java.awt.Frame");
        retval = ! javaMethod ("isHeadless", "java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment");
      end_try_catch


Is the Java interpreter on macOS so "helpful" that it tries to install a
missing package when you try and run a function from it, rather than simply
returning an error code?

If attempting to use a function isn't the proper way to do feature checks in
Java then someone who understands the language needs to tell us how to do it.



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