On Thu, 21 Nov 2013, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
I'd also strongly urge dropping all the "java-1.6.0-*" packages on the
floor. Java 6, aka "java-1.6.0" in Sun's actual software repositories,
has basically fallen off the support truck. The "update-alternatives"
tools, run post-installation of tools like java or smtp servers, tries
to negotiate which tool you get by default when you just type "java".
But it's an adventure, because you typically wind up with a default of
whichever tool you installed last. So if possible, pick *one* java
version, and clear away the others.
Sadly java-1.6.0-openjdk provides "java" but
java-1.7.0-openjdk provides "java7" not "java".
At least the packages jss jna libvirt-java postgresql-jdbc
from SL require "java", so TUV's Java 7 is not a drop in replacement
for their Java 6.
Basically, at this point, get off Java 6 if you can. Like supporting
out of date versions of Samba, it's usually not worth the pain.
I'd agree but TUV is making the effort for me.
If I make the time I'm tempted to have a null package
which requires "java7" and provides "java", but I haven't
tested such a thing.
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