The problem is not a pre-depend one but rather a circular dependency in openjdk-6 (bug 291123) and sun-java6 (bug 291128). Those circular dependencies are arbitrarily broken at some point and may result in Tomcat trying to start while the JRE is not yet available...
** Changed in: tomcat6 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- Tomcat 6 fails to start during install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288616 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs