+++ Michael Terry [2012-07-26 15:10 -0400]: > > This patch should fix it. /usr/lib/jvm/default-java is provided by > default-jre-headless. Which is Depended on by default-jre, which is > Depended on by default-jdk. So if you switch the hard-coded Depend on > openjdk-6-jdk to default-jdk, you should be fine. Built for me. > > Alternatively, I suppose you could change from the default-java symlink > to hard-coding openjdk-6 in debian/rules too. But this way seems nicer, > since the package doesn't seem to require openjdk-6(?).
I believe the dep was originally set to openjdk-6-jdk because the package only built with that sun-derived java, not gcj, and default-jdk on some architectures was gcj. Now things may have changed in the intervening couple of years so that you don't _need_ openjdk, but I'm not sure. I've always been a bit vague about exactly how all this fits together. As you say the packaging should be consistent and either use /usr/lib/jvm/default-java with default-jdk, or use /usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-6 with openjdk-6-jdk. however it sseems that on amd64 the path is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64 strongly suggesting that it'll be different on other architectures. Is it always /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-<arch>? > Thanks for considering the patch. I'm happy to upload that if it works, but I don't know if it'll work on all arches. I could run on the various porter machines to try it or just upload it and see if it works. It'd be nice to understand exactly what the best thing to do in this sort of circumstance is. Neither http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy nor http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/docs/tutorial.html really clarified this, although it does seem that 'default-jdk' is normally recommended there. I'll try it, and mail the java list if it doesn't work everywhere. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
