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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Richard Alexander Owen Physicist/Programmer Queen Mary, University of London Tel: 0207 882 5054 Physics Department Email: [log in to unmask] 327 Mile End Road London E1 4NS, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group > __________________________________________________ >