On 2009-09-17 17:18 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Can someone explain why gcj-jre contains nothing on amd64[*] while > its description says: > > Description: Java runtime environment using GIJ/classpath > GIJ is a Java bytecode interpreter, not limited to interpreting bytecode. > It includes a class loader which can dynamically load shared objects, so > it is possible to give it the name of a class which has been compiled and > put into a shared library on the class path. > . > The package contains as well a collection of wrapper scripts and symlinks. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > It is meant to provide a Java-RTE-like interface to the GIJ/GCJ tool set.
Seems that had been the case at some time, but now the package is just a dummy to pull in dependencies. File a bug that the description should be updated. > And why can't this package be found on http://snapshot.debian.net/? Because snapshot.debian.net ran out of disk space in May 2008 and has not seen any updates since then. :-( Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
