Hello, we are using at our company only Sun-Java/Oracle Java because our Java Devs need this plattform (I don't know the exact problems but they can't or won't use OpenJDK).
Problem is that on our servers the openJDK packages are automatically installed and setup as default java installation even if we installed OracleJ2SDK before Tomcat7 (and Tomcat7 would be removed with openJDK removal). Do you have a good solution for it which can be packaged global? I think that many peoply have same needs as we have. Thanks. Here my actual quick-fix for our setup and further hints what seems not ok from my sight: I take a further look... make-jpkg creates this package info/provides: Package: oracle-j2sdk1.7 Version: 1.7.0+update45 Replaces: oracle-j2sdk1.7debian Provides: j2re1.7, j2sdk1.7, java-browser-plugin, java-compiler, java-runtime, java-runtime-headless, java-sdk, java-virtual-machine, java2-compiler, java2-runtime, java2-runtime-headless, java2-sdk => seems not so good... There seems the "provider" for java7-runtime, java7-runtime-headless and perhaps more missing ? Same with JRE: Package: oracle-j2re1.7 Version: 1.7.0+update45 Replaces: oracle-j2re1.7debian Provides: j2re1.7, java-browser-plugin, java-runtime, java-runtime-headless, java-virtual-machine, java2-runtime, java2-runtime-headless Interesting is the compare to OpenJDK Package: Package: openjdk-7-jre-headless Version: 7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1 Breaks: icedtea-netx (< 1.4-2), icedtea-netx (< 1.4-2), openjdk-7-jre-headless (!= 7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1) Replaces: openjdk-7-jre-headless (< 7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1) Provides: java-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime-headless, java7-runtime-headless => easy solution I finally checked out and it works nice as I see in my first testing: Patching the make-jpg to set right dependencies. Attention: I added here Break/Replaces for the unwanted packages: default-jre-headless, openjdk-6-jre-lib, openjdk-6-jre-headless --- /usr/share/java-package/j2re.sh.orig 2013-01-15 20:10:26.000000000 +0100 +++ /usr/share/java-package/j2re.sh 2013-10-31 17:20:31.000000000 +0100 @@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Architecture: any Depends: \${shlibs:Depends} Recommends: netbase, libx11-6 | xlibs, libasound2, libgtk1.2 -Provides: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime, java2-runtime, java-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java-browser-plugin, j2re${j2se_release} -Replaces: ${j2se_package}debian +Provides: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime, java2-runtime, java-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime-headless, java7-runtime-headless, java-browser-plugin, j2re${j2se_release} +Breaks: ${j2se_package} (<< ${j2se_version}), default-jre-headless, openjdk-6-jre-lib, openjdk-6-jre-headless +Replaces: ${j2se_package}debian, ${j2se_package} (<= ${j2se_version}), default-jre-headless, openjdk-6-jre-lib, openjdk-6-jre-headless Description: $j2se_title The Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment contains the Java virtual machine, runtime class libraries, and Java application launcher that are --- /usr/share/java-package/j2sdk.sh.orig 2013-01-15 20:10:26.000000000 +0100 +++ /usr/share/java-package/j2sdk.sh 2013-10-31 17:20:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Architecture: any Depends: \${shlibs:Depends} Recommends: netbase, libx11-6 | xlibs, libasound2, libgtk1.2, libstdc++5 -Provides: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime, java2-runtime, java-browser-plugin, java-compiler, java2-compiler, java-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java-sdk, java2-sdk, j2sdk$j2se_release, j2re$j2se_release -Replaces: ${j2se_package}debian +Provides: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime, java2-runtime, java-browser-plugin, java-compiler, java2-compiler, java-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime-headless, java7-runtime-headless, java-sdk, java2-sdk, j2sdk$j2se_release, j2re$j2se_release +Breaks: ${j2se_package} (<< ${j2se_version}), default-jre-headless, openjdk-6-jre-lib, openjdk-6-jre-headless +Replaces: ${j2se_package}debian, ${j2se_package} (<= ${j2se_version}), default-jre-headless, openjdk-6-jre-lib, openjdk-6-jre-headless Description: $j2se_title The Java(TM) 2 SDK is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components that can be deployed on the I had taken before some further looks into the different packages and it seems that there also some rearrangement could be helpful ? Tomcat6/7 needs additional Providers?: Package: tomcat6-common Depends: libtomcat6-java (>= 6.0.35-6+deb7u1), default-jre-headless | java7-runtime-headless | java7-runtime | java6-runtime-headless | java6-runtime | java5-runtime Package: tomcat7-common Depends: libtomcat7-java (>= 7.0.28-4), default-jre-headless | java6-runtime-headless | java6-runtime | java-6-runtime => Here I got a little confused ;) ... Why has Tomcat6 a java7-runtime / java7-runtime-headless as dependencies and Tomcat7 not ? Therefore I first checked for the smallest redefinitions which could be made to get all dependencies satisified. => openjdk-6-jre-headless / openjdk-7-jre-headless which are in the dependency tree for java6-runtime-headless / java7-runtime-headless needs also Depends: ..., ca-certificates-java, ... which itself also depends onto: ca-certificates-java - Squeeze: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b16-1.6.1-2) OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless) or java6-runtime-headless virtual package provided by default-jre-headless, openjdk-6-jre-headless, sun-java6-jre - Wheezy: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b16-1.6.1-2) OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless) or java6-runtime-headless virtual package provided by default-jre-headless, openjdk-6-jre-headless, openjdk-7-jre-headless => perhaps there should also alternate dependencies to java7-runtime-headless and perhaps some other Java packages? My first ideas was before I found the make-jpg modifikation fix that the easiest way could be to manipulate the package default-jre-headless because its in all above dependencies listed. But I guess that you won't have Sun/Oracle packages there listed (Sun6 is out of update phase and Oracle license is not compatible) ? And it seems to work without problem to remove it (fresh installation not yet tested). => default-jre-headless - Squeeze: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b14) - Wheezy: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b23~pre8-2~) Bests Reiner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5272947e.40...@gmx.de