oracle-java-installer packages mess around with distribution packages

[Scott Ritchie]

On 9/6/12 2:50 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
> The oracle-java-installer packages mess around with distribution packages, nam
> ely the postinst runs
>
>    #create default-java symbolic link
>    rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
>    ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
>
> the prerm runs
>
>    rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
>
>
> This is not acceptable. Please don't mess around with the standard installation
> in such a way.  For now i'll add unconditional conflicts to these installer
> packages in default-jre-headless so that people know what they get when using
> these packages.
>
> Thanks, Matthias
>

This looks like mere ignorance of update-alternatives, correct?