[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#603932: Bug#603932: josm: Sould depend on openjdk-6-jre

[Noel David Torres Taño]

On Jueves 25 Noviembre 2010 08:50:11 usted escribió:
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> josm uses whatever the default java is on the system.

I know

> Could you please paste the output of:
> 
> $ LANG=C update-alternatives --display java
> 
java - auto mode
  link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java - priority 1061
  slave java.1.gz: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/man/man1/java.1.gz
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java - priority 63
  slave java.1.gz: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/man/man1/java.1.gz
Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java'.

> 
> It seems like in your case openjdk's is the default one:
> 
> $ josm
> Using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/java to execute josm.
> [..]

Yes, it is my default. The problem is that your dependencies do not take into 
account which java is user's default, they just say "any one of these will 
work", and that is not true: if user has one of them installed and it does not 
correspond to the user's default java, the needed jre will not be installed 
and the package executable will fail.
> 
> If you want to use Sun's java, please change the alternative. Otherwise,
> install openjdk-6-jre.

Yes, that is the solution to my particular problem, but it is not a solution 
to the bug.
> 
> JOSM really supports both, so it's not wise to just force the dependency on
> OpenJDK.

I understand. Is there a way to check which java will the user use and install 
the really needed dependency?
> 
> In the end, I think this is just a misconfiguration of your system, and the
> bug can be closed.
> 
> Thanks,
> David

The point is: if a user has Sun's java installed, by any reason, and later 
installs openjdk-6-jre-headless by any other reason, for example by installing 
OpenOffice.org which depends on it, then when the user is to install josm the 
dependencies system thinks that all dependencies are fullfilled and they are 
not, since openjdk-6-jre-headless provides a high priority java binary which 
needs openjdk-6-jre (not installed) to execute josm.

Hope this helps

Noel
er Envite
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