[PATCH] search alternatives for system jdk

Michal Vyskocil mvyskocil at suse.cz
Thu Mar 21 06:56:52 PDT 2013


On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 08:20:25AM -0400, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Hi,
> > 
> > attached patch adds the /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_openjdk to the
> > list
> > of directories where system jdk is searched. It will work on all
> > distros
> > using jpackage.org style alternatives layout and which don't install
> > 64bit jvm into /usr/lib/jvm.
> > 
> > It is made on top of 2469:14ea939ddd75 from
> > http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea/
> > 
> > 2013-03-21  Michal Vyskocil  <mvyskocil at suse.cz>
> > 
> > 	search /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_openjdk for system jdk.
> > 	* acinclude.m4: add alternatives into a list.
> > 	* INSTALL: Updated.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Michal Vyskocil
> > 
> 
> I updated this to check specifically for 7 & 8 already, and to drop
> 6 permanently and gcj for now.
> 
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea/rev/04e4a665e0da
> 
> The alternatives one could be added to all branches as a last ditch
> attempt though.  We don't know which version it is so the others
> are preferable.

I see - then can you just add /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.[78].0-openjdk to
the end of each list? This will cover SUSE packaging and will stay clear
in which version and vendor is the default one.

Regards
Michal Vyskocil

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