Hi Felix, Thank you for giving a try.
Le 01/05/2014 18:27, Felix Natter a écrit : > I am having a small issue with the current git version: > If I download via "debian/rules get-orig-source", and then > "dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc" I get: > > Extracting the sources... > tar -xf jdk8u-*.tar.xz > tar: jdk8u-*.tar.xz: Cannot open: No such file or directory > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > make: *** [stamps/unpack] Error 2 > dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 I think you forgot to extract the upstream tarball in the current directory. > Another question: Is it sufficient to point "update-java-alternatives" > to openjdk-8 in order to use it to build and run subsequent packages > (that build-depend on default-jdk and depend on default-jre)? To build with Java 8 you have to change the JAVA_HOME variable. It's defined in every debian/rules file and usually points to /usr/lib/jvm/default-java. update-java-alternatives doesn't change the VM linked to this path, you have to change debian/rules or install a modified version of default-jdk: http://87.98.165.193/debian/java-common/ Emmanuel Bourg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53627ec3.10...@apache.org