This package is exclusively intended for support of legacy software and installs the same deprecated version of Java 6 included in the 2015-001, 2014-001, and 2013-005 releases. Quit any Java applications before installing this update.
Hello, JAMF people. In case you didn't notice, Apple released Java for Mac OS X 2014-001 today for 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9: The update contains Java 1.6 update 65, which was released by Oracle on 2013-10-15. This strikes me as odd, since Apple has supposedly gotten out of the Java update business entirely. Apparently they care that users are on the latest release of Java 6, which is deprecated anyway! Upon closer examination with Pacifist, the update includes a lot more than just Java 6u65.
The Apple Malware Removal Tool (MRT), as well as all of the supporting Java apps (Java Web Start, Web Launcher, Java MDNS, etc.) are also included. This update is available for manual download only at the moment, which means that it is not showing up on the NetSUS for download via Apple Software Update. Is everyone planning to roll out this update manually? We deployed Java 6u65 months ago, so I am wondering whether it makes sense to push it out.
Not a n00b question at all. Java on OS X is a mess.
Apple provides us with Java 6 for some reason (which is no longer updated by Oracle and is considered deprecated). Oracle provides us with both Java 7 and 8, but offers no easy way to download updates without an account, jumping though EULAs etc. I ended up creating a script that pulls down the latest Java 7/8 from Oracle and installs it in an automated fashion, but it sucks to have to do it this way.