Bug#650928: java-common: A very recent (Dec 2011) change somewhere in java hosed various aspects of java
Thanks for this very prompt answer. Okay, there seems to be an issue on the origin of this problem... I can confirm that this is a *very* recent issue (another machine, which had had an update about 2-3 days ago, does not exhibit this problem ; on my problematic machines, the problem did not appear on Friday Dec 2(last time I remember having used Zotero on at least one of these machines). Would a list of the current possible updates to this machine help you find the problem ? I tried that (at-get dist-upgrade -u -f -s | less), but found nothing obvious to my eyes... I can also confirm that the problem might be peculiar to the particular "Zotero OpenOffice integration" plugin/tool : on at least one of my problematic machines, Zotero Standalone is still able to receive additions from Chrome... Can either of you suggest a workaround or temporary fix ? I am not a systems administrator, just a bloody dentist/biostatistician (yes...) that *uses* a computer in his everyday problem solving and *writing*. This latter is a very important part of his work... Emmanuel Charpentier Le dimanche 04 décembre 2011 à 13:42 +0100, Matthias Klose a écrit : > reassign 650928 java-common > thanks > > see update-java-alternatives(1). if the plugin is not installed, don't try to > update the alternatives. > > feel free to rewrite the tool to make it more user friendly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#650928: java-common: A very recent (Dec 2011) change somewhere in java hosed various aspects of java
reassign 650928 java-common thanks see update-java-alternatives(1). if the plugin is not installed, don't try to update the alternatives. feel free to rewrite the tool to make it more user friendly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#650928: java-common: A very recent (Dec 2011) change somewhere in java hosed various aspects of java
reassign 650928 openjdk-6-jre-headless thanks On 2011-12-04 12:18, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > Package: java-common > Version: 0.45 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > Symptoms (end-user point of view) : > Hi, Thanks for the report. > [...] > > 2) one cannot switch java installations with update-alternatives-java : > root@eee-ec:/home/charpent# update-java-alternatives --list > java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386 1061 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386 > java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun > root@eee-ec:/home/charpent# update-java-alternatives --set > java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386 > update-alternatives: erreur: pas d'alternatives pour -javaplugin.so. > update-alternatives: erreur: pas d'alternatives pour -javaplugin.so. > root@eee-ec:/home/charpent# update-java-alternatives --set java-6-sun > update-alternatives: erreur: pas d'alternatives pour -javaplugin.so. > The issue appears to be in openjdk-6-jre-headless, which has a list of alternatives openjdk-6 provides. It says it provides an alternative for "-javaplugin.so", however said alternative does not exist. I have therefore reassigned it to openjdk-6-jre-headless. On my system the line looks something like this: plugin -javaplugin.so $JVM/jre/lib/$ARCH/IcedTeaPlugin.so ($JVM and $ARCH are short hands). You can work around this issue by using /usr/sbin/update-alternatives for now. Presumably this should be what you are looking for: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config mozilla-javaplugin.so Though if that does not work, you may have to walk through all possible alternatives to find the right group to set. /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --all > [...] > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > APT prefers testing-proposed-updates > APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > java-common depends on no packages. > > java-common recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages java-common suggests: > ii default-jre > ii equivs 2.0.9 > > -- no debconf information > > > ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#650928: java-common: A very recent (Dec 2011) change somewhere in java hosed various aspects of java
Package: java-common Version: 0.45 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Symptoms (end-user point of view) : 1) no more communication between LibreOffice an Zotero (3.0beta2) or Zotero Standalone (ditto). A look at Zotero site suggested to switch to OpenJDK (I also have sun's, as current default), which led to : 2) one cannot switch java installations with update-alternatives-java : root@eee-ec:/home/charpent# update-java-alternatives --list java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386 1061 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386 java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun root@eee-ec:/home/charpent# update-java-alternatives --set java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386 update-alternatives: erreur: pas d'alternatives pour -javaplugin.so. update-alternatives: erreur: pas d'alternatives pour -javaplugin.so. root@eee-ec:/home/charpent# update-java-alternatives --set java-6-sun update-alternatives: erreur: pas d'alternatives pour -javaplugin.so. ==> Leads to a hosed LibreOffice/zotero subsystem (major funcionality for me...). I seriously considered reportig this bug as critical (since it beaks unrelated software), but settled to important (renders the package unusable for most uses, but I cannot prove it is effectively unusable for *all* purposes... *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? regular (frequent) updates to a debian wheezy system * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? See above for symptoms. Tried to reinstall openJDK : no change to symptoms. Did *not* try to reinstall sun Java6 packages, which are no longer available in Wheezy. * What was the outcome of this action? No modification of symptoms ; no possibility to switch java installations. * What outcome did you expect instead? At least to be able to switch existing java implementations... *** End of the template - remove these lines *** -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing-proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash java-common depends on no packages. java-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages java-common suggests: ii default-jre ii equivs 2.0.9 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
