FC5 - quick yum fix for java plugin?

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Sun Apr 23 05:24:01 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 17:10 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> The problems you are seeing here are one of the reasons that the release
> notes specifically advise against installing the Sun Java RPM. Moreover,
> Sun's Java licensing prevents anyone else from distributing
> better-packaged binary RPMs. So, your best option, albeit somewhat of a
> hassle, is to build your own java RPMs the jpackage way.

Makes me wonder if it's possible for one of us to fix it up to a working
condition, then hand the fix back to Sun, for them to distribute.

Wasn't there a special, extra, repo for Java?

-- 
(Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.)

Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.
I read messages from the public lists.




More information about the users mailing list