Public bug reported:

starting a JNPL file in natty with a rekonq/firefox or a filebrower e.g. 
dolphin fails because
/usr/bin/javaws can't be found.  In lucid that a link in alternatives.

LUcid:

[0]root@allee:~# l /usr/bin/javaws   /etc/alternatives/javaws*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2010-10-28 19:50 /etc/alternatives/javaws -> 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 52 2010-10-28 19:50 /etc/alternatives/javaws.1.gz -> 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/man/man1/javaws.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2010-10-28 19:50 /usr/bin/javaws -> 
/etc/alternatives/javaws

On natty binary and manapge are there but nothing in /etc/alternatives

root@lap-allee:~# ls -l /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/*{,/man1}/javaws* 
/etc/alternatives/javaws*
ls: cannot access /etc/alternatives/javaws*: No such file or directory
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  418 2011-03-20 19:23 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2981 2011-03-20 19:23 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/man/man1/javaws.1

And javaws is unknown in natty:

root@lap-allee:~# ls -l /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/*{,/man1}/javaws* 
/etc/alternatives/javaws*
ls: cannot access /etc/alternatives/javaws*: No such file or directory
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  418 2011-03-20 19:23 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2981 2011-03-20 19:23 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/man/man1/javaws.1

Achim

** Affects: icedtea-web (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  natty: icedtea-web: creates no link in /etc/alternatives/ for javaws

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