If you try to build the latest GWT from the svn repository on a Mac, you may end up with a bunch of errors like the following: BUILD FAILED /Users/ogerardin/Documents/GWT 2/trunk/build.xml:105: The following error occurred while executing this line: /Users/ogerardin/Documents/GWT 2/trunk/build.xml:27: The following error occurred while executing this line: /Users/ogerardin/Documents/GWT 2/trunk/build.xml:58: The following error occurred
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GWT + Snow Leopard: fixed with GWT 1.7.1
Google has just released GWT 1.7.1 to fix the issue I mentioned a few days ago regarding Snow Leopard compatibility. In short, you can now run GWT on Snow Leopard using the Java command line argument -d32 without further modification. The GWT SDK no longer directs you to only use Java 5. http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/2009/09/gwt-171-release-fixes-mac-os-x-snow.html
Snow Leopard, Java 6 and GWT
Running GWT’s hosted mode on the Mac requires a 32 bit JVM, which under OS X 10.5 (Leopard) forces us to use Java 5, because Java 6 only has 64 bit libraries. Problem: OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) removes all versions of Java but version 6. Fortunately, Java 6 now has a 32 bit mode,
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