Bug#306639: batik: FTBFS: JAVA_HOME_DIRS incorrect

[Arnaud Vandyck]

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Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:55:01 +0200,=20
Andreas Jochens <aj@andaco.de> wrote:=20

> Hello Arnaud,

Yo Andreas,

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> At least this particular bug occurs on all arches. It is not very nice=20
> to have to read, understand and manually change 'debian/rules' and=20
> maybe some other files to get a package built. In particular, this makes=
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> any kind of autobuilding impossible, which is a bad thing from a=20
> security point of view - and also inconvenient, of course.=20

I can understand but I still don't think it's that serious.

> For the Java related packages, the {sun,ibm,blackdown}-j2sdk1.x packages
> which can be created by make-jpkg from 'java-package' make it easy to=20
> set up an autobuilder, as long as all packages support this by setting
> the correct JAVA_HOME directories and by specifying the correct=20
> Build-Depends.

I must admit I'm more focused on moving java packages to main than
supporting non-free jdk's ;-)

> Anyway, I will file those problems as 'wishlist' in the remaining cases.

Many thanks.

> Some other types of bugs like=20
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> "'Missing Build-Depends on 'junit'" or=20
> "'./debian_patch' not executable"=20
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> also appear on all arches including i386. I think those are 'serious'=20
> FTBFS bugs, even for packages in 'contrib'. What should be done with=20
> those?

You are right, those are really serious! and should be corrected asap!
Also, I really appreciate you provide patches when you file bugs, please
continue to do so! :-D

>> Any way, I leave all the bug you reported and will try to upload fixes
>> as soon as possible.
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> Thank you for all the fixes to my reports which you already uploaded=20
> and for your work in general!

Thanks ;-)

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