Now I engage my brain I see the "problem" is with Java 1.4.2 and the DLJ only started from "Java 5". Alex Owen On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Alex Owen wrote: > 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 >> __________________________________________________ >> >