Sun Java in 9.10?

[NoOp]

On 11/03/2009 06:25 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> I installed xubuntu 9.10 from disk to my laptop.  As I usually do I 
> installed Sun's Java.  I noticed after playing with it that it was one 
> revision out of date (it is 1.6u15 and current is 1.6u16).  I did an 
> update and there was nothing new so I looked at the Synaptic Package 
> Manager and found 1.6u15 but not 1.6u16.  I un-installed it thinking 
> maybe it was just confused and reloaded the package list but still no 
> 1.6u16.  I then checked my other computer that was upgraded from 9.04 to 
> 9.10 and it had 1.6u16 and the Synaptic Package Manager even showed 
> 1.6u16.  Is there some reason that an install from a disk would have 
> different packages available?  Any idea how to fix this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=names&keywords=sun-java6-jre
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6
shows -15 for karmic. Your upgrade from jaunty already had -16, so the
upgrade most likely left it in place.

Also see (and add comments):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+bug/454876