Does the "Operating System Distributor License for Java" (DLJ)
   http://dlc.sun.com/dlj/DLJ-FAQ.html
not allow the CERN rpm's to be distributed???

Alex Owen


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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Troy Dawson wrote:

> Hi All,
> We have a bit of a problem with java on SL4, and I believe most of you know 
> at least part of it.
> Our java rpm's come straight from Sun with no changes.  Even signing them 
> causes problems with the rpm.
> The 1.4.2 rpm that comes from sun, for some unkown reason, says that it 
> obsoletes jdk.  This means that when you update the j2sdk, it deletes any jdk 
> rpms an admin might have added even if it's newer.  So if I send out an 
> update to the current j2sdk for 1.4.2, it will delete the 1.5.0 java and/or 
> the 1.6.0 java.
>
> But I'm really hating not getting the security updates out for this java.
>
> I see three options.
> 1 - We just push it out as it is, and say "sorry" to everyone this hurts. 
> (That's what we did last time ... and trust me, that's alot of "sorry" I had 
> to  say)
> 2 - We rebuild the j2sdk rpm, leaving out the obsolete line.
> 3 - We drop j2sdk and change our supported java to be version 1.5 and above.
>
> I am leaving heavily towards option 3.  Just move everything up to java 1.5 
> or above.
>
> But the question is, how much is that going to hurt people and/or 
> experiments?
>
> I *think* that moving to jave 1.5 isn't going to affect programs running 
> 1.4.2, but I don't know.
>
> Also, why stop at 1.5, what if we just did the latest 1.6, and maybe say 
> we're always going to stay at the latest stable release for java.
>
> I need some second opinions.
>
> Thanks
> Troy
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