On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:03:21AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:52:49AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Andreas Jochens wrote: > > > > 'j2sdk1.4' is virtual package which is provided by 'sun-j2sdk1.4', > > > 'blackdown-j2sdk1.4' and 'ibm-j2sdk1.4' all of which can be created > > > with the help of 'make-jpkg' from 'java-package'. So the Build-Depends > > > seem to allow the use of 'sun-j2sdk1.4'. > > > Hmm... > > > $ apt-cache search j2sdk > > j2re1.4 - Blackdown Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition > > j2sdk1.4 - Blackdown Java(TM) 2 SDK, Standard Edition > > > (This is on an uptodate sid box.) > > You forgot to do 'apt-cache policy j2sdk1.4', which shows that this package > didn't come from sid. There are now j2sdk1.4 binary packages distributed by > Debian, for license reasons; while grabbing the blackdown packages of this > name is one option, java-package offers another, very real option, and > should perhaps take precedence (or at least be acknowledged) in buildds > given that it's the option for which the *packaging* is made available by > Debian. > > OTOH, I'm not sure how strict we really want to try to be for > build-dependencies of contrib packages.
Best would be to use a free replacement like kaffe, which we can change and bug fix if we need to. Michael -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]