java-1.4.2-gcj-compat uninstalls sun jre

[Rex Dieter]

seth vidal wrote:
>>Basically you have two (ok more than two) packages that serve the same
>>purpose (functionnaly the same, very different sets of bugs). Their specs
>>provide the same virtuals so people can chose the one they prefer (and
>>they are parallel installable)
>>
>>On update of one of them yum removes the others.
>>
> 
> 
> For more backstory: is there an obsolete in place for any of these?

FYI, as Michael pointed out, it's a bug^H^H^H... feature of rpm, since it
Provides: jre = %{javaver}

For details, see:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/111071

-- Rex