Bug#402642: java-package: does not work with sun jre-1.6

[Barry Hawkins]

severity 402642 wishlist
merge 402642 322843
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Russel Winder wrote:
> Is there a Debian or Ubuntu package of java-package updated for JDK 6?
> Saves me having to replicate all the changes that I guess several people
> have already made in order to create a Java SE 6 package.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ( Of course it would be easier if Debian and Ubuntu just packaged Java
> SE 6 :-) 
[...]
Java SE 6 is going to be packaged for Debian and Ubuntu the same way
that Java SE 5 is.  The update to java-package to support Java 6 will
probably be my last, as it is pretty much redundant now.  Once then
entire JRE/JDK are GPL, then all this metapackaging and non-free ordeal
will be over.

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