Hello, I was asked to delay pushing this out until next week, due to several universities having this week off for the holidays. Troy Troy Dawson wrote: > Hello, > java has had several security issues that need to be addressed. The problem is > that the j2sdk-1.4.2 in SL3 and SL4 has several irritating issues. The worst > issue is that it will uninstall newer versions of java. > So, the goal has been to update the java in SL3 and SL4 to jdk 1.5.0 without > hurting things too much. > I think I've gotten it sorted out with some modified java-compat rpm's. > I have done some testing and found that things work the way that I'm expecting, > mainly that the j2sdk-1.4.2 is removed and jdk-1.5.0 is added and in place. > But I'd like some testers. > If nobody has any complaints, I want to push this out in the errata on wed 2 > Jan. 2008. > > To Test SL3 > ------- > yum -c > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/30rolling/testing/yum.conf > update j\* > > Before: > java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.13-1jpp.i586 > j2sdk-1.4.2_13-fcs.i586 > After: > java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.90-1jpp.i586 > java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1.sl.jpp.noarch > jdk-1.5.0_14-fcs.i586 > > > To Test SL4 > ------- > yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update j\* > > Before: > java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.13-1jpp.i586 > j2sdk-1.4.2_13-fcs.i586 > After: > java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.90-1jpp.i586 > java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1.sl4.jpp.noarch > jdk-1.5.0_14-fcs.i586 > > > Thanks > Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group __________________________________________________