In which case fixing dpkg strikes me as far better than adding yet more
byzantine workarounds.
I'm all for somebody working on improving dpkg. At the same time, I know
this is a limitation that has been known for a long time, so it might
not be easy to fix, and will probably need some more time. So why not
clarifying the policy, and adding a new characters in the control files
of JVMs, since that will make the life of many people easier? (one can
argue that creating new packages like java2-runtime-1.3 is more
troublesome, so that's a different question).
Daniel
