[fedora-java] compatible provides?

[Benjamin Reed]

Andrew Overholt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 17:05 -0400, Benjamin Reed wrote:
>> Would it be possible to add compatible provides to the openjdk -devel
>> package?
>> [...]
>> Unfortunately, there are no provides that are the same across OpenJDK
>> and Sun's Java:
> 
> You mean the Sun-distributed RPM, right?  I've heard many complaints
> over the years about issues with it but it doesn't seem that it's going
> to change any time soon.  If I had to guess, I'd say the OpenJDK
> packages provide the same things as the JPackage Sun, etc. nosrc RPMs.  
> 
> Tom can clarify since he maintains the OpenJDK packages.

Right, but since you do have control over the OpenJDK rpms, adding a 
"Provides: jdk = 1.6.0" would help.

Right now I had to make a dummy "jdk" package that requires "openjdk >= 
1.5" so that our existing RPMs install without issue...

-- 
Benjamin Reed
The OpenNMS Group
http://www.opennms.org/


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