I've attached a modified version of the postist script for icedtea-netx_1.5.1
This new version loops through the list of tools and checks if it exist for each version, adding it to update-alternatives if if does. This script allows the package to be installed on my machine and seems to set the correct alternatives. > $ update-alternatives --query javaws > Name: javaws > Link: /usr/bin/javaws > Slaves: > javaws.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/javaws.1.gz > Status: auto > Best: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws > Value: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws > > Alternative: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws > Priority: 1061 > Slaves: > javaws.1.gz /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/man/man1/javaws.1.gz > > Alternative: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws > Priority: 1071 > Slaves: > javaws.1.gz /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/man/man1/javaws.1.gz > > Alternative: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaws > Priority: 1070 > Slaves: > $ update-alternatives --query itweb-settings > Name: itweb-settings > Link: /usr/bin/itweb-settings > Slaves: > itweb-settings.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz > Status: auto > Best: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings > Value: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings > > Alternative: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings > Priority: 1061 > Slaves: > itweb-settings.1.gz > /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz > > Alternative: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/itweb-settings > Priority: 1071 > Slaves: > itweb-settings.1.gz > /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz Honestly, my Bash skill are rather poor so this code needs to be reviewed before going anywhere. Also, as you can see, I'm using openjdk-7-jre, so I've only tested it with that package (not with 6 or 8).
icedtea-netx.postinst.in
Description: application/shellscript
