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sun-java6 package

  1. Bug #325506
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 325506

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Scott Howard (showard314) wrote : Re: /usr/lib/jni not put in java.library.path, sun java 5 and 6

> However, I don't see this change going in Squeeze. If you are OK, I will
> upload your modification as soon as Squeeze is out (and also in Ubuntu).
> This will allow us some deeper testing and potential side effects.
>
> How does it sound ?
> Sylvestre

Sounds great - I didn't expect it to get into squeeze/ubuntu and think
it needs testing before making into a stable release.

I don't know if you saw this:

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Matthias Klose
<email address hidden> wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Scott Howard<email address hidden> wrote:
>>> I also don't
>>> know if a user setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH on their own overwrites our
>>> java.library.path
>
> this is incomplete; only works if the jvm is called by the java binary.
>

I'm seeking some more help from java people at sun one last time
before we might have to just say that an incomplete solution might be
the only policy-compliant [1] solution for a non-free package. Please,
if anyone knows of a better way let us know (the joys of non-free
packages: features can be undocumented and a mystery!). The best fix
is to use open-jdk, which I've been suggesting to users.

[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.9