On Thu, 21 Nov 2013, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > I'd also strongly urge dropping all the "java-1.6.0-*" packages on the > floor. Java 6, aka "java-1.6.0" in Sun's actual software repositories, > has basically fallen off the support truck. The "update-alternatives" > tools, run post-installation of tools like java or smtp servers, tries > to negotiate which tool you get by default when you just type "java". > But it's an adventure, because you typically wind up with a default of > whichever tool you installed last. So if possible, pick *one* java > version, and clear away the others. Sadly java-1.6.0-openjdk provides "java" but java-1.7.0-openjdk provides "java7" not "java". At least the packages jss jna libvirt-java postgresql-jdbc from SL require "java", so TUV's Java 7 is not a drop in replacement for their Java 6. > Basically, at this point, get off Java 6 if you can. Like supporting > out of date versions of Samba, it's usually not worth the pain. I'd agree but TUV is making the effort for me. If I make the time I'm tempted to have a null package which requires "java7" and provides "java", but I haven't tested such a thing. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [log in to unmask] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna