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Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:02:55 -0800
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Re: Updating java on SL4.5
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On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 07:27:44AM +1000, Michael Mansour wrote:
> I've just performed the update to the latest packages released on a SL4.5
> x86_64 machine and got the following near the end of the yum update:
>   Removing  : j2sdk                        ####################### [11/15]
> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7034: command substitution: line 62: unexpected EOF while
> looking for matching `"'
> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7034: command substitution: line 63: syntax error: unexpected
> end of file


Nothing new to see here, please move on. The java packages have been traditionally
mispackaged. They do not have signatures and the install/remove scriptlets barf.

The only hope is for the SL maintainers to step in and cleanup the mess.


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Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
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