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[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] pillowtags@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not if you want support from the vendor :p

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

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