java-1.7.0-openjdk provided items

[Deepak Bhole]

* Jos Vos <jos at xos.nl> [2012-08-10 14:08]:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a reason why the RHEL 6.3 and F17 java-1.7.0-openjdk packages
> provide many items with a different name, i.e. starting with "java7"
> and "java", respectively.
> 
> RHEL 6.3 java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.5-2.2.1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm:
> 
> java7-1.7.0-devel = 1:1.7.0.5
> java7-devel = 1:1.7.0
> java7-devel-openjdk = 1:1.7.0.5
> java7-sdk = 1:1.7.0
> java7-sdk-1.7.0 = 1:1.7.0.5
> java7-sdk-1.7.0-openjdk = 1:1.7.0.5
> java7-sdk-openjdk = 1:1.7.0.5
> lib.so()(64bit)
> lib.so(SUNWprivate_1.1)(64bit)
> libunpack.so()(64bit)
> libunpack.so(SUNWprivate_1.1)(64bit)
> java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel = 1:1.7.0.5-2.2.1.el6_3
> java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel(x86-64) = 1:1.7.0.5-2.2.1.el6_3
> 

Hi,

This is because in RHEL-6.3 Java 6 is still the default JVM. The
different virtual provides ensure that Java 7 is not accidentally pulled
in by yum to satisfy 'java' either during buildtime or during install
time.

Cheers,
Deepak

> F17 java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.5-2.2.1.fc17.9.x86_64.rpm:
> 
> java-1.7.0-devel = 1:1.7.0.5
> java-devel = 1:1.7.0
> java-devel-openjdk = 1:1.7.0.5
> java-sdk = 1:1.7.0
> java-sdk-1.7.0 = 1:1.7.0.5
> java-sdk-1.7.0-openjdk = 1:1.7.0.5
> java-sdk-openjdk = 1:1.7.0.5
> lib.so()(64bit)
> lib.so(SUNWprivate_1.1)(64bit)
> libunpack.so()(64bit)
> libunpack.so(SUNWprivate_1.1)(64bit)
> java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel = 1:1.7.0.5-2.2.1.fc17.9
> java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel(x86-64) = 1:1.7.0.5-2.2.1.fc17.9
> 
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