Stephan Wiesand wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Dec 30, 2010, at 21:57 , Michel Duquaine wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I try to install the openjdk-plugin on SL6 Alpha but get the same
>> problem as mentionned on this page
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv6-list/2010-November/msg00043.html.
> 
> it was in EL6 beta, but then it was removed before GA :-(
> 
It was there when RHEL6 was released, in optional, but then they removed it.

This is what I get on a 32 bit RHEL6 Client install.
# yum list "*openjdk*"
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
Installed Packages
java-1.6.0-openjdk.i686         1:1.6.0.0-1.31.b17.el6_0
Available Packages
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo.i686    1:1.6.0.0-1.31.b17.el6_0
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel.i686   1:1.6.0.0-1.31.b17.el6_0
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc.i686 1:1.6.0.0-1.31.b17.el6_0
java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin.i686  1:1.6.0.0-1.21.b17.el6
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src.i686     1:1.6.0.0-1.31.b17.el6_0

If we look at the changelog of java-1.6.0-openjdk between 1.21 and 1.31 
we see many entries dealing with the plugin and bug #639954

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639954

Unfortunately, I am not authorized to see what is in that bug.  But here 
are the changelog entries.

# rpm -q --changelog java-1.6.0-openjdk.i686 | more
* Mon Nov 01 2010 Jiri Vanek <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.31.b17
- excluded bin/javaws files
   exclude  /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/jre/bin/javaws
       files devel
   exclude  /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/bin/javaws
- garbage removed to separated file
- Resolves: rhbz#639954

* Wed Oct 27 2010 Jiri Vanek <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.30.b17
- javaws again removed, sorry for confusion (QA!-)
- Resolves: rhbz#639954

* Wed Oct 27 2010 Jiri Vanek <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.28.b17
- removed garbage from plugin postun
- again added javaws
- Resolves: rhbz#639954

* Wed Oct 20 2010 Jiri Vanek <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.27.b17
- obsoleting plugin, aded versioning
- Resolves: rhbz#639954

* Wed Oct 20 2010 Jiri Vanek <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.26.b17
- obsoleting plugin
- Resolves: rhbz#639954

* Fri Oct 15 2010 Jiri Vanek <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.25.b17
-  obsoleting plugin

* Thu Oct 14 2010 Deepak Bhole <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.24.b17
- Resolves: bz643095
- Disable Web Plugin and Webstart

* Tue Oct 12 2010 Deepak Bhole <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.23.b17
- Updated 1.7.5 tarball (contains additional security fixes)
- Resolves: bz639954

* Tue Oct 05 2010 Deepak Bhole <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.22.b17
- Update to IcedTea 1.7.5
- Import debuginfo patch from el5
- Parallelize build
- Removed systemtap probepoint patch (now upstream)
- Resolves: bz#639954

* Tue Jul 27 2010 Deepak Bhole <[log in to unmask]> - 1.6.0.0-1.21.b17
- Updated to IcedTea 1.7.4
- Resolves: rhbz#537121
- Resolves: rhbz#612467
- Resolves: rhbz#613824
- Additionally, fixed rh bugs 616893 and 616895

This really irks me.
The java plugin is something that alot of people use.
I don't have an inside connection to RedHat, but in their Summits I 
asked around quite a bit and was assured that the openjdk java plugin 
would be in the release.  I was looking forward to not having to do 
anything for the plugin to be in SL6.

*sigh*

If anyone has access to bugzilla #639954, and it isn't a NDA, please let 
me know.  It might help decide what direction we go with this.

I am leaning towards changing their spec file so that it builds and puts 
in the openjdk plugin.  But that would meaning changing the spec file 
each time there is an update.

Troy


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