--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make	Tue Jan 24 14:07:03 2012 -0500
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make	Tue Jan 24 19:33:14 2012 -0500
@@ -50,7 +50,24 @@
   LIBS_LAUNCHER             += $(STATIC_STDCXX) $(LIBS)
 else
   LAUNCHER.o                 = launcher.o
-  LFLAGS_LAUNCHER           += -L`pwd`
+  LFLAGS_LAUNCHER           += -L`pwd` 
+
+  # The gamma launcher runs the JDK from $JAVA_HOME, overriding the JVM with a
+  # freshly built JVM at ./libjvm.{so|dylib}.  This is accomplished by setting 
+  # the library searchpath using ({DY}LD_LIBRARY_PATH) to find the local JVM 
+  # first.  Gamma dlopen()s libjava from $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib{/$arch}, which is
+  # statically linked with CoreFoundation framework libs. Unfortunately, gamma's
+  # unique searchpath results in some unresolved symbols in the framework 
+  # libraries, because JDK libraries are inadvertently discovered first on the
+  # searchpath, e.g. libjpeg.  On Mac OS X, filenames are case *insensitive*.
+  # So, the actual filename collision is libjpeg.dylib and libJPEG.dylib.
+  # To resolve this, gamma needs to also statically link with the CoreFoundation 
+  # framework libraries.
+
+  ifeq ($(OS_VENDOR),Darwin)
+    LFLAGS_LAUNCHER         += -framework CoreFoundation 
+  endif
+
   LIBS_LAUNCHER             += -l$(JVM) $(LIBS)
 endif