Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> It seems that Gentoo-devs have decided that Sun Java is end-of-life >>> with security problems. I don't find any mention of this or what is >>> recommended on the Gentoo front page so I figured I'd ask what others >>> are doing for their machines. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >> I checked the changelog and it appears to be stable as of a few days ago. >> >> # ChangeLog for dev-java/sun-jre-bin >> # Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2 >> # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-java/sun-jre-bin/ChangeLog,v >> 1.163 2009/11/05 21:28:43 maekke Exp $ >> >> 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier <mae...@gentoo.org> sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22.ebuild, >> sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17.ebuild: >> amd64 stable, bug #291817 >> >> 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier <mae...@gentoo.org> sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17.ebuild: >> x86 stable, bug #291817 >> >> 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier <mae...@gentoo.org> sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22.ebuild: >> x86 stable, bug #291817 >> >> >> I synced my tree yesterday so unless it was done today it looks like it >> is still there. What kind of message are you getting? >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> >> > > Hi Dale, > If I remove the new ACCEPT_LICENSE="dlj-1.1" I added to make.conf > then I see this: > > DesertFlower ~ # emerge -pv sun-jre-bin > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "dev-java/sun-jre-bin" have been masked. > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: > - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) > A copy of the 'dlj-1.1' license is located at '/usr/portage/licenses/dlj-1.1'. > > - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.16 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s), ~x86 keyword) > - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.15 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) > - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) > - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.21 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s), ~x86 keyword) > - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.20 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) > - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.19 (masked by: package.mask) > /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: > # Vlastimil Babka <cas...@gentoo.org> (06 Nov 2009) > # Removal for EOL and security, bug #287615 > > > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. > > DesertFlower ~ # > > Thanks, > Mark > > > Did you read the bug it referenced? It sounds like they're removing JRE 1.4 only, not all JRE. Also, the message you pasted shows that only the 1.4.2.19 is masked by package.mask, which is where that message came from. The rest of the versions are masked by dlj-1.1 license (and a few by ~x86 keyword as well), not by package.mask.
John H. Moe
