I have also discovered that the plugin package that icedtea builds is
uninstallable if the plugin directories don't exist (which will happen
unless the user has every supported browser installed), a new postinst
that fixes this issue is attatched.
#!/bin/sh -e
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
priority=1060
browser_dirs="firefox iceape iceweasel mozilla midbrowser xulrunner"
PLUGIN=gcjwebplugin.so
PLUGINPTH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-icedtea/jre/plugin/i386/$PLUGIN
for browser in $browser_dirs; do
mkdir -p /usr/lib/$browser/plugins/
update-alternatives --quiet --install \
/usr/lib/$browser/plugins/libjavaplugin.so \
$browser-javaplugin.so \
$PLUGINPTH \
$priority
done
#DEBHELPER#
exit 0
