Hi, Ubuntu has fixed the bug and have updated the Java package (OpenJDK). OpenJDK can now be safely updated.
Kind regards, Martijn Brinkers Martijn Brinkers wrote: > Another update for those who are interested in the technicalities of the > Ubuntu bug. > > What follows is rather technical so you can skip it if you are not > interested. The bottom line is that it's best to wait before doing a > dist-upgrade until Ubuntu has fixed the OpenJDK package. > > Technical details: > > It turns out that they have back-ported OpenJDK from newer Ubuntu > release to Ubuntu 8.04. The original OpenJDK op Ubuntu 8.04 however had > a different set of dependencies then the updated version. This resulted > in the removal of the ant package which in turn results in the removal > of Tomcat and Djigzo (and all other packages which depend on the ant > package). > > Because the OpenJDK update as far as I know only solves a problem with > Applets there is no need for now to update OpenJDK if you are only > running Djigzo. It's therefore better to wait until Ubuntu has fixed the > bug. > > If you really need to upgrade I have uploaded a work-around package. The > only thing the package does is to tell Ubuntu that a Java virtual > machine is available (a so called virtual package). > > You can download the package from: > > http://www.djigzo.com/downloads/fake-java-virtual-machine_1.0.0_all.deb > > You should install the package before doing the dist-upgrade. > > > Again: only do this if you really need to update. It's better to wait > for an updated Ubuntu package. > > Kind regards, > > Martijn > > > Martijn Brinkers wrote: >> Hi, >> >> An update: >> >> It's a bug in the updated Ubuntu OpenJDK package. I have contacted the >> package maintainer and explained what goes wrong. Hopefully an updated >> OpenJDK package will soon be available. I will investigate a possible >> workaround and provide more information tomorrow. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Martijn >> >> Martijn Brinkers wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> It seems that there is a bug in Ubuntu 8.04. Ubuntu now seems to have >>> added the missing package ca-certificates-java but this results in the >>> removal of ANT and therefore Djigzo will be uninstalled because Djigzo >>> depends on ANT. >>> >>> I will contact Ubuntu to report the problem and see whether I can find a >>> temporary fix until they fix it. >>> >>> Again: DON'T dist-upgrade when using 8.04 (the Virtual Appliance is >>> using 8.04)! >>> >>> >>> Martijn Brinkers >>> >>>> Hello >>>> >>>> we use Ubuntu 8.04 LTS with Djigzo and openjdk as Java VM. With the >>>> recent updates we got the following problems: >>>> - The openjdk updates require the package "ca-certificates-java" which >>>> is not available in the online repositories for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS >>>> - If the package "ca-certificates-java" is installed "by hand" the >>>> following "apt-get dist-upgrade" try to remove ant,ant-optional and >>>> djigzo??? >>>> >>>> While this is for sure a problem of the openjdk package it would be >>>> nice to hear if someone is using Ubuntu 8.04 and is aware of some >>>> workaround for this beside not using updates. >>>> >>>> Many Thanks >>>> >>>> Andreas >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Users mailing list >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> http://lists.djigzo.com/lists/listinfo/users >>>> >>> t >>> >> > > -- Djigzo open source email encryption _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.djigzo.com/lists/listinfo/users
