Terry Duell wrote: > On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:51:00 +1000, Philip Nienhuis > <pr.nienh...@hccnet.nl> wrote: > >> Martin Helm wrote: >>> Am 30.08.2012 08:28, schrieb Terry Duell: > [snip] >>> You are not alone with Fedora, the exactly same problem happens on all >>> openSUSE versions as well, I always have to create the appropriate >>> symlinks manually. I am not sure what the correct solution is (changing >>> the package policy for openjdk, creating the symbolic link when the >>> octave forge java package is installed, changing the source code of the >>> of java package). >> >> This always seems to be the case in 64 bit systems (AFAIK also on >> Windows 64b). >> If it gives some comfort: on Mac OSX it is worse. The Java libs and >> executables have been scattered all over the place there and often >> seem to be moved into other locations with new OSX version. > > Thanks for your responses, clearly this isn't just a problem that I have. > Going on a response I got back in Jan, it looks like it is a problem > confined to the 64 bit openjdk packages. Is that an upstream problem > i.e. something the openjdk maintainers can/should fix?
Are you sure that on Sun Java this doesn't happen? Anyway it is not a bad idea to ask the openjdk maintainers why this decision was made. In the Octave-forge ML (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=octave-dev, it has a bit of a clumsy interface) there are a few more threads on this. Philip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
