[opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-18 Thread Raúl Moratalla
Hi, I have installed (using rpms) in my openSUSE 10.3 Java 1.5 and Java 1.6. Yesterday I installed using openSUSE updater two security fixes for Java 1.5 and 1.6. Before doing this, symlink /etc/alternatives/java was pointing to the path of Java 1.6 but after applying the security updates it d

Re: [opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-18 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 21:52 +0200, Raúl Moratalla wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed (using rpms) in my openSUSE 10.3 Java 1.5 and Java 1.6. > Yesterday I installed using openSUSE updater two security fixes for Java 1.5 > and 1.6. > > Before doing this, symlink /etc/alternatives/java was pointi

Re: [opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-18 Thread rschwedler
On Thursday 18 October 2007 04:18:19 pm Kenneth Schneider wrote: > On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 21:52 +0200, Raúl Moratalla wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have installed (using rpms) in my openSUSE 10.3 Java 1.5 and Java 1.6. > > Yesterday I installed using openSUSE updater two security fixes for Java > > 1.5 a

Re: [opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-19 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-10-19 at 11:19 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * Carlos E. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-19-07 10:43]: No; the OP had two java versions, true, but the symlink was correct, in place. It was after a YOU security update that the symlink d

Re: [opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-19 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 11:19:27AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Carlos E. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-19-07 10:43]: > > No; the OP had two java versions, true, but the symlink was correct, in > > place. It was after a YOU security update that the symlink dissapeared. > > should not happen!

Re: [opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-19 Thread Patrick Shanahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Carlos E. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-19-07 10:43]: > No; the OP had two java versions, true, but the symlink was correct, in > place. It was after a YOU security update that the symlink dissapeared. should not happen! > The updater should have m

Re: [opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-19 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-10-18 at 19:57 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: btw: The original problem "wrong symlink ..." is incorrect. The symlink was correct; it is necessary to choose which java version to use. Updating one not in use accomplishes nothing

Re: [opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-18 Thread Moby
rschwedler wrote: On Thursday 18 October 2007 04:18:19 pm Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 21:52 +0200, Raúl Moratalla wrote: Hi, I have installed (using rpms) in my openSUSE 10.3 Java 1.5 and Java 1.6. Yesterday I installed using openSUSE updater two security fixes for

Re: [opensuse] Wrong symlink /etc/alternatives/java after apply security updates (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-10-18 Thread Patrick Shanahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Moby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-18-07 19:24]: > I had the same problem - eventually, after much googling and ogling, I > found that /usr/sbin/update-alternatives is our friend - and if you do > not have it, you can acquire it by installing the update-al