[Bug 1402367] [NEW] icedtea-netx cannot be installed - /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/javaws not found

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Public bug reported:

I have installed default-jre with is openjdk-7 but icedtea-7-plugin
cannot be installed completely because there is a bug in icedtea-netx :

Setting up icedtea-netx:i386 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/javaws doesn't exist
dpkg: error processing package icedtea-netx:i386 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-7-plugin:i386:
 icedtea-7-plugin:i386 depends on icedtea-netx (= 1.5.1-1ubuntu1); however:
  Package icedtea-netx:i386 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package icedtea-7-plugin:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
  Errors were encountered while processing:
 icedtea-netx:i386
 icedtea-7-plugin:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: icedtea-netx 1.5.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.37-lowlatency 3.16.7-ckt1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-lowlatency i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 14 12:59:12 2014
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: icedtea-web
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (49 days ago)

** Affects: icedtea-web (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: icedtea-web (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown


** Tags: apport-bug i386 utopic

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #759226
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759226

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Title:
  icedtea-netx cannot be installed -
  /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/javaws not found

Status in icedtea-web package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in icedtea-web package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  I have installed default-jre with is openjdk-7 but icedtea-7-plugin
  cannot be installed completely because there is a bug in icedtea-netx
  :

  Setting up icedtea-netx:i386 (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) ...
  update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
  update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
  update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings because link group itweb-settings is broken
  update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/share/man/man1/itweb-settings.1.gz with a link
  update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/javaws doesn't exist
  dpkg: error processing package icedtea-netx:i386 (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of icedtea-7-plugin:i386:
   icedtea-7-plugin:i386 depends on icedtea-netx (= 1.5.1-1ubuntu1); however:
    Package icedtea-netx:i386 is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing package icedtea-7-plugin:i386 (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
    Errors were encountered while processing:
   icedtea-netx:i386
   icedtea-7-plugin:i386
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: icedtea-netx 1.5.1-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.37-lowlatency 3.16.7-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-lowlatency i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Dec 14 12:59:12 2014
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: icedtea-web
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (49 days ago)

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