Bug#671273: [warning] /usr/bin/fop: Unable to locate servlet-api in /usr/share/java

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

On Wed, 2 May 2012, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Mathieu Malaterre <malat at debian.org> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> >  I am getting this annoying warning again:
> >
> > [warning] /usr/bin/fop: Unable to locate servlet-api in /usr/share/java
> >
> >  I used to fix it by installing libservlet2.4-java, now that we have
> > switch to libservlet2.5-java in fop it does not work anymore. In fact:
> >
> > $ grep servlet /usr/bin/fop
> > find_jars batik-all commons-logging servlet-api xercesImpl xmlgraphics-commons
> >
> > However the package does not provide a version-less jar anymore:
> >
> > $ ls -al /usr/share/java/servlet-api*.jar
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88360 Apr 14 18:02 /usr/share/java/servlet-api-2.5.jar
> >
> > Is this really an issue ? Who should I report this issue to ?
>
> This seems to be a minor mistake left over during transition from
> libservlet2.4-java to libservlet2.5-java.
> In my opinion, 'servlet-api' should be removed from the launcher
> script. This library is only required by the few servlets included in
> fop.

How difficult can it be to create a vesionless symlink next to all the
others?

avalon-framework.jar -> avalon-framework-4.2.0.jar
batik-1.7.jar -> batik-all-1.7.jar
batik-all.jar -> batik-all-1.7.jar
batik-anim.jar -> batik-anim-1.7.jar
batik-awt-util.jar -> batik-awt-util-1.7.jar
batik-bridge.jar -> batik-bridge-1.7.jar
batik-codec.jar -> batik-codec-1.7.jar
batik-css.jar -> batik-css-1.7.jar
batik-dom.jar -> batik-dom-1.7.jar
batik-ext.jar -> batik-ext-1.7.jar
batik-extension.jar -> batik-extension-1.7.jar
batik-gui-util.jar -> batik-gui-util-1.7.jar
batik-gvt.jar -> batik-gvt-1.7.jar
batik-libs.jar -> batik-libs-1.7.jar
batik-parser.jar -> batik-parser-1.7.jar
batik-rasterizer-ext.jar -> batik-rasterizer-ext-1.7.jar
batik-rasterizer.jar -> batik-rasterizer-1.7.jar
batik-script.jar -> batik-script-1.7.jar
batik-slideshow.jar -> batik-slideshow-1.7.jar
batik-squiggle-ext.jar -> batik-squiggle-ext-1.7.jar
batik-squiggle.jar -> batik-squiggle-1.7.jar
batik-svg-dom.jar -> batik-svg-dom-1.7.jar
batik-svggen.jar -> batik-svggen-1.7.jar
batik-svgpp.jar -> batik-svgpp-1.7.jar
batik-swing.jar -> batik-swing-1.7.jar
batik-transcoder.jar -> batik-transcoder-1.7.jar
batik-ttf2svg.jar -> batik-ttf2svg-1.7.jar
batik-util.jar -> batik-util-1.7.jar
batik-xml.jar -> batik-xml-1.7.jar
batik.jar -> batik-all-1.7.jar
bsf.jar -> bsf-2.4.0.jar
commons-io.jar -> commons-io-1.4.jar
commons-logging-adapters.jar -> commons-logging-adapters-1.1.1.jar
commons-logging-api.jar -> commons-logging-api-1.1.1.jar
commons-logging.jar -> commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
fop.jar -> fop-1.0.jar
hsqldb.jar -> hsqldb-1.8.0.10.jar
hsqldbutil.jar -> hsqldbutil-1.8.0.10.jar
jaxp-1.3.jar -> ../maven-repo/javax/xml/jaxp-api/1.3/jaxp-api-1.3.jar
jaxp-1.4.jar -> xml-apis-1.4.01.jar
libbluray.jar -> libbluray-0.2.2.jar
libgcj-4.6.3.jar -> libgcj-4.6.jar
libgcj-tools-4.6.3.jar -> libgcj-tools-4.6.jar
lucene-analyzers.jar -> lucene-analyzers-2.9.4.jar
lucene-ant.jar -> lucene-ant-2.9.4.jar
lucene-bdb-je.jar -> lucene-bdb-je-2.9.4.jar
lucene-bdb.jar -> lucene-bdb-2.9.4.jar
lucene-benchmark.jar -> lucene-benchmark-2.9.4.jar
lucene-collation.jar -> lucene-collation-2.9.4.jar
lucene-core.jar -> lucene-core-2.9.4.jar
lucene-fast-vector-highlighter.jar -> lucene-fast-vector-highlighter-2.9.4.jar
lucene-highlighter.jar -> lucene-highlighter-2.9.4.jar
lucene-instantiated.jar -> lucene-instantiated-2.9.4.jar
lucene-lucli.jar -> lucene-lucli-2.9.4.jar
lucene-memory.jar -> lucene-memory-2.9.4.jar
lucene-misc.jar -> lucene-misc-2.9.4.jar
lucene-queries.jar -> lucene-queries-2.9.4.jar
lucene-queryparser.jar -> lucene-queryparser-2.9.4.jar
lucene-regex.jar -> lucene-regex-2.9.4.jar
lucene-remote.jar -> lucene-remote-2.9.4.jar
lucene-smartcn.jar -> lucene-smartcn-2.9.4.jar
lucene-snowball.jar -> lucene-snowball-2.9.4.jar
lucene-spatial.jar -> lucene-spatial-2.9.4.jar
lucene-spellchecker.jar -> lucene-spellchecker-2.9.4.jar
lucene-surround.jar -> lucene-surround-2.9.4.jar
lucene-swing.jar -> lucene-swing-2.9.4.jar
lucene-wikipedia.jar -> lucene-wikipedia-2.9.4.jar
lucene-wordnet.jar -> lucene-wordnet-2.9.4.jar
lucene-xml-query-parser.jar -> lucene-xml-query-parser-2.9.4.jar
saxon-jdom.jar -> saxon-jdom-6.5.5.jar
saxon.jar -> saxon-6.5.5.jar
serializer.jar -> serializer-2.7.1.jar
servlet-api.jar -> servlet-api-2.5.jar
xalan2.jar -> xalan2-2.7.1.jar
xercesImpl.jar -> xercesImpl-2.11.0.jar
xml-apis-ext.jar -> xml-apis-ext-1.4.01.jar
xml-apis.jar -> xml-apis-1.3.04.jar
xml-commons-external-1.4.01.jar -> xml-apis-ext-1.4.01.jar
xml-commons-external.jar -> xml-apis-ext-1.4.01.jar
xml-resolver.jar -> xml-resolver-1.2.jar
xmlParserAPIs.jar -> jaxp-1.4.jar
xmlgraphics-commons.jar -> xmlgraphics-commons-1.4.jar


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian