Public bug reported:
java-common 0.56ubuntu2
openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1
Newer versions of openjdk-8-jre-headless provide a .jinfo file that uses
a new tag "jdkhl" (for JDK headless). Since update-java-alternatives
doesn't know anything about that tag, it ignores all those entries and
leaves them set to Java 7.
I spend about 45 massively frustrating minutes trying to figure out what
was going on before I realized that my javac was actually still Java 7
not Java 8 :(.
In addition to recognizing the new tag, I think that java-update-
alternatives should be modified to at least generate warning messages
for any tags that it doesn't recognize rather than failing silently and
leaving one believing that one's Java version has been changed
appropriately when it hasn't.
** Affects: java-common
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Affects: java-common (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #825987
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825987
** Also affects: java-common via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825987
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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java-update-alternatives doesn't recognize jdkhl label
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