Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Guillaume ALAUX wrote: > On 9 September 2014 12:25, lolilolicon wrote: >> To be sure, I do appreciate your effort, Guillaume. No one likes to deal >> with this java crap. I don't have strong objections against your general >> approach, only this particular packagi

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On 9 September 2014 12:25, lolilolicon wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Guillaume ALAUX > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Guillaume here (packager of that "piece of crap" java-common). > > Yes it is pretty crappy. > >>> symlinks created by the jre* packages at install time, without any >>> pac

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

ProgAndy writes: > Am 09.09.2014 um 11:16 schrieb Thorsten Jolitz: >> I'm not active enough in the archlinux community to "demand" more >> efficient information politics, so I prefer leaving this to >> others. As a Emacs Gnus user I just think sometimes how nice it >> would be to subscribe to an

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

Am 09.09.2014 um 11:16 schrieb Thorsten Jolitz: I'm not active enough in the archlinux community to "demand" more efficient information politics, so I prefer leaving this to others. As a Emacs Gnus user I just think sometimes how nice it would be to subscribe to an 'archlinux.activities' group

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Guillaume ALAUX wrote: > > Hello, > > Guillaume here (packager of that "piece of crap" java-common). Yes it is pretty crappy. >> symlinks created by the jre* packages at install time, without any >> package tracking them. > > Yes, that is the point of script archl

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

Guillaume ALAUX writes: > On 9 September 2014 10:50, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: >> Would it be technically possible to have a kind or read-only Gmane group >> that reflects all new posts in the forum as well as all new bug-reports? >> Similar to systems that track new commits to a git repo or so -

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On 9 September 2014 10:50, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > Guillaume ALAUX writes: > > Hello, > >> Guillaume here (packager of that "piece of crap" java-common). > > I did not say that ... > >> This issue and its fix were already reported here [0] and discussed on >> the forum here [1] several days ago.

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

Guillaume ALAUX writes: Hello, > Guillaume here (packager of that "piece of crap" java-common). I did not say that ... > This issue and its fix were already reported here [0] and discussed on > the forum here [1] several days ago. > > [0] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=186640 > [1]

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On 9 September 2014 09:15, arnaud gaboury wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: >> >> Hi List, >> >> after updating yesterday java does not work anymore for me: >> >> , >> | [tj@arch ~]$ LC_ALL=C java --help >> | /usr/bin/java: line 2: /usr/lib/jvm/default/bin/java:

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > > Hi List, > > after updating yesterday java does not work anymore for me: > > , > | [tj@arch ~]$ LC_ALL=C java --help > | /usr/bin/java: line 2: /usr/lib/jvm/default/bin/java: Too many levels of > | symbolic links > | /usr/bin/java: lin

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:49 AM, lolilolicon wrote: > Jesus, the java-common package is such a piece of crap. For one, all > those links should be in the list of its tracked files. This situation is worth some eye balls; I filed a bug here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41883 For anyone who hav

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 9 September 2014 11:49:31 am AEST, lolilolicon wrote: >Jesus, the java-common package is such a piece of crap. For one, all >those links should be in the list of its tracked files. Upgrading to jre8 packages fixed the issue for me was in the for

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

Jesus, the java-common package is such a piece of crap. For one, all those links should be in the list of its tracked files.

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On 09/08/2014 05:42 PM, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > > Hi List, > > after updating yesterday java does not work anymore for me: > > , | [tj@arch ~]$ LC_ALL=C java --help | /usr/bin/java: line 2: > /usr/lib/jvm/default/bin/java: Too many levels of | symbolic links > | /usr/bin/java: line 2: exec

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

va: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links Hi List, after updating yesterday java does not work anymore for me: , | [tj@arch ~]$ LC_ALL=C java --help | /usr/bin/java: line 2: /usr/lib/jvm/default/bin/java: Too many levels of | symbolic links | /usr/bin/java: line 2: exec: /u

Re: [arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > > Hi List, > > after updating yesterday java does not work anymore for me: > > , > | [tj@arch ~]$ LC_ALL=C java --help > | /usr/bin/java: line 2: /usr/lib/jvm/default/bin/java: Too many levels of > | symbolic links > | /usr/bin/java: lin

[arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

Hi List, after updating yesterday java does not work anymore for me: , | [tj@arch ~]$ LC_ALL=C java --help | /usr/bin/java: line 2: /usr/lib/jvm/default/bin/java: Too many levels of | symbolic links | /usr/bin/java: line 2: exec: /usr/lib/jvm/default/bin/java: cannot | execute: Too many lev