java-1.4.2-gcj-compat uninstalls sun jre

[Nicolas Mailhot]

On Lun 25 avril 2005 10:48, Michael Schwendt a écrit :
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:50:36 -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
>
>> sean wrote:
>> > Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Since they provide the same service yum may be deciding you don't
>> need
>> >> the Sun version. Should probably be discussed directly with the yum
>> >> author, though
>> >>
>> >
>> > I don't think yum "decides" anything. I bet the rpm "obsoletes" jre.
>> >
>> > sean
>> >
>>
>> http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/java-1.4.2-gcj-compat/
>> That's what I'd guess too, but the spec doesn't contain anything like
>> that.  Try installing java-1.4.2-gcj-compat with rpm -vvv and see what
>> causes jre to be uninstalled.
>
> It "Provides: jre = %{javaver}" and that makes it a candidate for
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/111071

Which is right at the rpm level. What an autoupdater like yum should do
with it is something there is no real consensus on, which is why I
suggested discussing it directly with Seth.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot