I finally got tired of waiting & added: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main non-free to my /etc/apt/sources.list. Updated java6 & then disabled the repo.
$ apt-cache policy sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jre: Installed: 6.26-1 Candidate: 6.26-1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/797718 Title: sun java 6u26 needs packaging To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+bug/797718/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs