On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Troy Dawson wrote:

> Discussion Topic: Java - when will we upgrade to Java 1.6?
> Conclusion:  Many scientific programs really need us to update to java 1.6, 
> the biggest name is dCache.
> We will put the latest java 1.6 into testing and let people test it for a 
> month.  If we don't have any show stoppers, we will push it out on December 
> 1, 2008

Executive Summary:
yum --enablerepo=sl-testing install java-1.6.0-sun-compat
Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat

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Suplementary question:
We had
java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.16-1jpp.noarch.rpm
which has been replaced by
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp.i586.rpm
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp.x86_64.rpm

How do I choose which to install on an x86_64 machine ?
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-- More info about tbhe main problem:

java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp.x86_64.rpm
"replaces" jdk-1.6.0_10-fcs.x86_64.rpm but jdk-1.50...
is needed by java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.16-1.1.sl5.jpp.noarch.rpm
which isn't (and since it is a -compat package maybe shouldn't be)
"obsoleted" by java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp.*.rpm

yum --enablerepo=sl-testing install java-1.6.0-sun-compat
Loading "tsflags" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Loading "priorities" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "kmdl" plugin
Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "changelog" plugin
Loading "downloadonly" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
  * dpmms-sl5:
  * sl-security: ftp.scientificlinux.org
  * sl-base: ftp.scientificlinux.org
  * dpmms-sl52-all:
  * sl-testing: ftp.scientificlinux.org
3786 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package java-1.6.0-sun-compat.i586 0:1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.6.0_10-fcs for package: java-1.6.0-sun-compat
---> Package java-1.6.0-sun-compat.x86_64 0:1.6.0.10-1.sl5.jpp set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs for package: java-1.5.0-sun-compat
---> Package jdk.x86_64 2000:1.6.0_10-fcs set to be updated
---> Package jdk.i586 2000:1.6.0_10-fcs set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs for package: java-1.5.0-sun-compat
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
Finished Kernel Module Plugin
Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat


[ I'm adding these packages to my repo rather than using testing 
directly building a

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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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