Public bug reported:
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. As per default, I had openjdk-6-jre
installed. After installing openjdk-7-jre via Synaptic, I realized none
of the symlinks updated to the new version.
When going to manually update the symlinks, I discovered that
/usr/bin/java points to /etc/alternatives/java which points to
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java. It would seem to me that
it would make more sense for /etc/alternatives/java to point at
/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/bin/java instead.
I don't believe this is an error with Synaptic or the installation
package for java-7-openjdk-amd64 as the /usr/lib/jvm/default-java link
was correctly updated after installing the newer Java package. This
should be a very simple bug fix that will improve usability for non-
technical users.
> $ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Expected Behavior:
/etc/altenatives/java links to /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
Bug Behavior:
/etc/alternatives/java links to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/
P.S. I've always been really interested in contributing to the
development effort for Ubuntu and would be more than happy to fix this
bug. I suppose I'm mostly looking for validation that it is in fact a
bug and someone to point me to the general area of the source where the
symlink creation occurs.
** Affects: openjdk-7 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055186
Title:
Default Java alternatives symlink points to specific version instead
of default-java
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