> Any installed JRE that Provides java8-runtime will satisfy your Depends. > Unfortunately that includes openjdk-9-jre - but then the user must have > installed it beforehand. Otherwise openjdk-8-jre-headless will be > installed.
We are OK with openjdk-9 satisfying the Depends as long as it has been installed explicitly. The concern is primarily for less experienced users who do no have java installed already. > It's exactly because openjdk-9-jre can also satisfy that Depends that I > previously suggested depending explicitly on the JRE packages that you > support instead of relying on the "java8-runtime" virtual package for a > "catch all". Problem for us is that we don't have a list of packages that we support. We have a clear list of supported JREs but only openjdk is available in a clear package. The rest might be called anything. > On a side note, if you prefer to keep relying on the virtual package you > might want to use "java8-runtime-headless" instead of "java8-runtime" > (given that your other dependency is "openjdk-8-jre-headless"). Yes, good catch. Thanks for your help on this issue. BR /Jonas -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584118 Title: 16.04 incorrectly installs openjdk-9 to satisfy java8-runtime dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-9/+bug/1584118/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
