sun-java6-jdk dependencies have loop
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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sun-java6 (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: sun-java6-jdk
Ubuntu 10.04 with all updates installed
mcon@server:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
mcon@server:~$ uname -a
Linux server 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:05:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
mcon@server:~$ apt-cache policy sun-java6-jdk
sun-java6-jdk:
Installato: 6.20dlj-1ubuntu3
Candidato: 6.20dlj-1ubuntu3
Tabella versione:
*** 6.20dlj-1ubuntu3 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Installing sun-java-jdk installed (as expected!) a plethora of other packages, includig sun-java6-bin, sun-java6-jre and many others.
I installed just tha using aptitude.
All installed dependencies were dutifully marked with "A" to indicate thy were installed to fulfill dependencies.
Right after (no other installation/
In particular neither sun-java6-bin nor sun-java6-jre will be removed.
It sems there is some loop in the dependency list that keeps the need alive.
I need to streamline this machine and I will have to check all packages.
No big deal, but annoying.
Regards