eclipse 3.7.1 update error

Question

I\'m currently using the Eclipse Indigo 3.7 IDE for Java Developers.So today I tried to update it to the latest 3.7.1 but during the update process a error downloading0 with Com

Answer 1

Due to lack of information, I can suggest it's related to eclipse bug 317785, if you are using Java 1.7.

Possible workarounds:
* use JRE6
OR
* when using JRE7, theres a small rarely documented feature set system property java.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true This should use old implementation and should not bring up the bug

Answer 2

I was able to fix this problem by using this workaround taken from the link suggested by 4e6 and VonC (bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=317785):

To clarify comment #22 for those on JRE7 who can't upgrade to 3.7.1 because of this bug:

Add the following line to your eclipse.ini: -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true Then run the update to 3.7.1 from inside Eclipse again, it should succeed now. Afterwards, you should be able to drop that line from eclipse.ini again.