Package: java-package Version: 0.60 Severity: normal Given the following situation. I have openjdk-8-jdk installed from the archive. For work I need the Oracle JDK, so I download the *.tar.gz and create a debian package from it with java-package. I install the created package, so I have both the openjdk-8-jdk from the archive and the Oracle JDK installed.
Now I run java -version on the command line. Expected result: The java binary from the Oracle JDK is used by default. Actual result: The openjdk java binary is still used. (It is the same for all binaries, which are provided by both Java implementations). It turns out, the package generated by java-package has a much lower priority(380) for update-alternatives then then openjdk(~1000) package. Please change the java-package tool, so that the generated packages have the highest priority of all Java implemenations and are used by default. Rationale: If I create a Debian package with make-jpkg and install it, it is a deliberate act, that I want that Java implemantation on my machine. It should therefore be used by default. Not using this implementation after installing it is unexpected and against user expectation. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers xenial-updates APT policy: (500, 'xenial-updates'), (500, 'xenial-security'), (500, 'xenial'), (100, 'xenial-backports') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages java-package depends on: ii build-essential 12.1ubuntu2 ii debhelper 9.20160115ubuntu3 ii dpkg-dev 1.18.4ubuntu1 ii fakeroot 1.20.2-1ubuntu1 ii libasound2 1.1.0-0ubuntu1 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.94-0ubuntu1 ii libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu1 ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.30-1ubuntu1 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2 ii libxslt1.1 1.1.28-2.1 ii libxtst6 2:1.2.2-1 ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.4-1 ii unzip 6.0-20ubuntu1 java-package recommends no packages. Versions of packages java-package suggests: pn openjdk-7-jre <none> -- no debconf information __ This is the maintainer address of Debian's Java team <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-maintainers>. Please use debian-j...@lists.debian.org for discussions and questions.