On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:26:04 +0100 Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> wrote:
> Dear Maintainer, > when creating a deb package from the JDK there should be a (and probably > the default one) pointing to bin/java (and all other tools) rather than > jre/bin/java. > firstly, a JDK is usually installed to be used as JDK not a JRE (else one > would use the JRE to begin with). secondly, Eclipse/ANT continually > complaints about the java exec not being from an JDK, preventing the use > of the same JRE as Eclipse uses and thus a several features requiring ANT > to use the same java as Eclipse does. On the other hand, jre packages do NOT include the path to .../jre/bin/java. debian-8:/etc/alternatives# update-alternatives --list java /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/oracle-java8-jdk-amd64/jre/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/oracle-java8-jre-amd64/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/oracle-java8-server-jre-amd64/bin/java I quickly backported 0.62 to jessie to create these. ii java-package 0.62~bpo8+1 all Utility for creating Java Debian packages This also makes automation around these packages difficult.
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