Okay, not to throw a proverbial spanner in, but: One point to note is that j2sdk1.3 and j2re1.3 are not yet in debian at all. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that a package in debian can't depend on a package outside of debian.
> This way, a user can install Sun's or IBM's JDK to /usr/local and install > your package without breaking its dependencies. You could test if the > JVM is Java 2 (either "java -version" or looking for > $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/rt.jar) and print an error message if it's just JDK1.1. If you're using /usr/bin/java you need to be careful since it may point to some other JVM and the "java -version" outputs are not at all consistent and sometimes don't even reflect the JDK version. See below for sample output from different JVMs. As for $JAVA_HOME, one must remember that policy (10.9) dictates that you should not depend on any particular environment variable(s) being set. So there should be graceful (and correct) behaviour for the case where $JAVA_HOME is undefined. Ben. :) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> kaffe -version Kaffe Virtual Machine Copyright (c) 1996-2000 Transvirtual Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved Engine: Just-in-time v3 Version: 1.0.6 Java Version: 1.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> java -version java version "1.3.1" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build Blackdown-1.3.1-FCS) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build Blackdown-1.3.1-FCS, mixed mode) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> orp -version Open Runtime Platform, version 1.0.5 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> gij -version gij (GNU libgcj) version 0.0.7 Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab/ Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Something was dead in each of us, / And what was dead was Hope. - Oscar Wilde
