failed to install java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.06-1jpp.i586.rpm

[Dan]

Kazimieras wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 08:35 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 18:21 -0400, Dan wrote:
>>     
>>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On 4/11/06, Kazimieras <kazimieras.vaina at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> The
>>>>> rpm -ivh
>>>>> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/jpackage.org/1.6/generic/non-free/RPMS/java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.06-1jpp.i586.rpm
>>>>>
>>>>> fails with:
>>>>> error: unpacking of archive failed on
>>>>> file /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06/jre/lib/i386: cpio: rename
>>>>> failed - Is a directory
>>>>>
>>>>> Did anyone get similar error ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Kazimieras <kazimieras.vaina at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>           
>>>> Read the "Build Instructions" at jpackage.org.  Among other items
>>>> besides reading the instructions is to install the fedora-rpmdevltools
>>>> package from Extras and download the .bin  file from Sun.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>> I wrote a quick and painless guide to install JPackage's 
>>> Fedora-sanctioned Sun Java at 
>>> http://www.fedorasolved.com/viewtopic.php?t=204 . Let me know if 
>>> anything is confusing.
>>>       
>> Very similar to mine :-)
>> http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava
>>
>> The rpath problem you allude to at the bottom of the guide happened if
>> you had an old version of fedora-rpmdevtools installed, which was fixed
>> before FC5 came out and hence that's why you've not seen it on FC5.
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>>     
> Both guides look really good. I tried the
> java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06-1jpp.nosrc.rpm as well and it works good.
>
> However I didn't like this kind of packaging, because it puts java files
> in different locations than jdk-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm does. 
This is true, and on purpose; part of the reason for JPackage's 
nosrc.rpm is for more standard organization of files or something like that.
[snip]

-Dan