Bug#368583: eclipse: Does not work with sun-java5-bin package

Tue May 23 10:57:44 UTC 2006

severity 368583 wishlist
thanks

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:14:05PM +0200, Daniel Franganillo wrote:
> Subject: eclipse: Does not work with sun-java5-bin package
> Package: eclipse
> Version: 3.1.2-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Eclipse's search for a java runtime environment doesnt look in
> /usr/lib/jvm/ for sun jre's installed via apt.
> 
> Workaround:
> 1 - Edit /etc/eclipse/java_home
> 2 - Add /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0 for sun-jre5-bin

I would call this "renders package unusable". I downgrade this to a
wishlist bugs as supporting non-free software is not our prime goal.
Eclipse works fine with other runtimes. Even with other differently
packaged versions of SUNs JDK.

Cheers,
Michael
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