Re: Openjdk vs. sun-java in Debian

2011-04-23 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-04-22, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! I need somebody to explain to me in lay terms what's wrong with Java in Debian. I'm running Squeeze and have recently bumped into two Java-related issues: 1. The site http://ndt.switch.ch/ warns me about a

Re: Openjdk vs. sun-java in Debian

2011-04-23 Thread Klistvud
Thanx for the tips, Camaleon, Sven and Liam. Your answers more or less confirmed my suspicions. Must dig into some recent Java documentation when I find the time ... -- Cheerio, Klistvud http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com Certifiable Loonix User #481801

Openjdk vs. sun-java in Debian

2011-04-22 Thread Klistvud
Howdie, fellow Debianites! I need somebody to explain to me in lay terms what's wrong with Java in Debian. I'm running Squeeze and have recently bumped into two Java-related issues: 1. The site http://ndt.switch.ch/ warns me about a missing Java Runtime Environment and prompts me to

Re: Openjdk vs. sun-java in Debian

2011-04-22 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:37:39 +0200, Klistvud wrote: (...) Also, in general, how can I know when something Java-related won't work, is it the fault of the open Java I'm using or some wrong configuration somewhere in my system? Is there any simple, yet good howto on this? Hum... simple way

Re: Openjdk vs. sun-java in Debian

2011-04-22 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 08:37:39PM +0200, Klistvud wrote: 1. The site http://ndt.switch.ch/ warns me about a missing Java Runtime Environment and prompts me to install it. I checked with aptitude, and sure enough, openjdk-6-jre is installed. Works here with the openjdk from Squeeze. The