sun-java5-jre... FIX ME PLEASE

[Derek Broughton]

Peter Garrett wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:46:16 +0100
> use_real_email_ulist at ohiggins.ubuntu.com wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Is it possible to have sun-java5-jre fullfil the java-runtime virtual
>> package?  I had to build my own package using make-jpkg to fix this,
>> what a monumental waste of time!  :mad:
> 
> Erm - not sure what you mean ...
> 
> Did you run
> 
> sudo update-alternatives --config java
> 
> after installing the sun-java5-jre ?
> 
>
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java#head-fef9352fb26820bb774df978180c9dd3a60e777b
> 
> Worked fine here ...

That's no use if you have a package that depends on "java-runtime".  I'm not
sure that the real problem is not with the depending package, which should
specify a depends on "java-runtime | java2-runtime" (at least that's what
I've seen elsewhere - otoh, a java2-runtime really should be compatible
with java-runtime).
-- 
derek