Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 07:27:44AM +1000, Michael Mansour wrote: >> I've just performed the update to the latest packages released on a SL4.5 >> x86_64 machine and got the following near the end of the yum update: >> Removing : j2sdk ####################### [11/15] >> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7034: command substitution: line 62: unexpected EOF while >> looking for matching `"' >> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7034: command substitution: line 63: syntax error: unexpected >> end of file > > > Nothing new to see here, please move on. The java packages have been traditionally > mispackaged. They do not have signatures and the install/remove scriptlets barf. > > The only hope is for the SL maintainers to step in and cleanup the mess. > That's actually what this was. A cleanup. We use the actual rpm's from Sun (yes, with permission). The j2sdk-1.4.2 rpm is ... well it's not pretty. It did alot of crazy things, and this update replaces it with jdk-1.5.0, which is alot better. Anyway, that error is a normal error from the j2sdk when it is uninstalled. Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group __________________________________________________