JDK8 Update does not work with MacOS X (Mavericks) Beta Versions

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      A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
      With all current JDK8 releases and snapshots, the automatic update does not work, it always shows
              "Unable to check for Java updates"
      when run on Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) beta versions.

      JUSTIFICATION :
      It is necessary to be able to update DK8 also on machines running Mac OS X betas

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      Update should run smoothly; http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se should detect the beta version and reply properly
      ACTUAL -
      Update does not run at all; http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se delivers
              "20 Unsupported operating system"

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            Assignee:
            Pranav Bhat (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            Webbug Group
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