libaccess-bridge-java-jni recommendation pulls X libraries in a -headless install

[Thierry Carrez]

openjdk-6-jre-headless depends on libaccess-bridge-java, which recommends libaccess-bridge-java-jni, which depends on multiple graphical libraries (libglib2.0-0, libgtk2.0-0...)

This ends up pulling 12Mb of extra libraries on a jre-headless install on a server, and jeopardizes the EucalyptusFitOnCdSpec objectives.

A solution could be to have:
* libaccess-bridge-java SUGGEST libaccess-bridge-java-jni
* openjdk-6-jre RECOMMEND libaccess-bridge-java-jni
That way you would get it installed on -jre and not installed on -jre-headless.

I'm not sure it makes sense from a java-access-bridge perspective, though ?

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

no, both packages have to be present, it's just a split to have on package architecture independent.

we have to check how/if openjdk-6-jre-headless works without the bridge.

[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

I see. It's far from a complete test, but FWIW I can tell that tomcat6 runs using openjdk-6-jre-headless that doesn't have /usr/share/java/gnome-java-bridge.jar or the JNI package installed. Given the nature of what the bridge does, it seems normal that the jre-headless should work without it. Those requiring the accessibility bridge for Swing GUI applications should use a full JRE anyway...

IF openjdk-6-jre-headless runs OK without the bridge, the the "fix" would be to have openjdk-6-jre-headless SUGGEST libaccess-bridge-java. The full -jre already DEPENDs on it.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

already fixed in bzr, just didn"t remove the depdency in the -headless package.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package openjdk-6 - 6b16~pre4-0ubuntu4

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openjdk-6 (6b16~pre4-0ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low

  [Edward Nevill]
  * Added Bytecode Interpreter Generator.
  * Added ARM templates for above.
  * Removed olde optimised ARM assebler.
  * Added -g0 because of problems with ld linking -g.
  * Changed alignment to 64 now that as bug is fixed.

  [Matthias Klose]
  * Update IcedTea build infrastructure (20090710).
  * Let the -jre package depend on the access-bridge package, not the
    -jre-headless package. LP: #395074.
  * Suggested by Ed Nevill:
    - Pass -timeout:3 when running the jtreg testsuite on zero architectures.
    - Pass -Xmx256M -vmoption:-Xmx256M on armel for the jtreg testsuite run.
  * Tighten build dependency on llvm-dev.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:50 +0200