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Re: SL 4 update of java-1.4.2-sun-compat also installs jdk 1.5.0
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Steve Traylen <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Traylen <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:38:59 +0100
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On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Eva Myers wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:31:58AM -0800, Tony Hoffmann wrote:
>> Last night's update of my SL4 based machines showed machines with the
>> java-1.4.2-sun-compat package having jdk-1.5.0 and java-1.5.0-sun- 
>> compat
>> installed as a dependency.  Checking java-1.4.2-sun-compat does show
>> java-1.5.0-sun-compat as being a requirement.  Why is that?
>
> I have a related problem - my yum updates are failing with the message
>
> Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs is needed by  
> package
> +java-1.5.0-sun-compat
>

> The problem seems to be that I have a newer version of the JDK (1.6.0)
> installed locally.  Is there any way to work around this problem
> without uninstalling the new JDK?

I'm beginning to sound like a stuck record here.

The JPackage packages of java coexist perfectly.

> Eva.

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Steve Traylen
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