tag 348584 confirmed pending thanks On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 03:36:38PM -0500, Adrian Irving-Beer wrote: > Package: eclipse-jdt > Version: 3.1.1-8 > Severity: normal > > With only the 'eclipse-jdt' package installed, I cannot run 'eclipse'; > I get the attached logfile. It appears to be an issue with the > initial configurator. > > Since 'eclipse-jdt' is described as "JDT provides a whole Java IDE," I > incorrectly assumed this was the package I wanted rather than the > entire Eclipse framework. The fact that /usr/bin/eclipse existed made > me think I had a complete (but broken) installation. > > Given that I now find that /usr/bin/eclipse is provided by > 'eclipse-platform-common', I find it somewhat odd that it appears > unusable unless the top-level 'eclipse' package is installed. > (For that matter, I though 'eclipse' was just a metapackage, too.) > > Is this a real error, or just an error in my assumptions?
Thats a packaging inconsistency. Thanks for reporting it. We fixed it in pkg-java CVS. This fix will be included in the next upload of eclipse, 3.1.2-1. Cheers, Michael -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]