> after some additional testing, this appears to > be a solution, can you see any problems with it?
Any installed JRE that Provides java8-runtime will satisfy your Depends. Unfortunately that includes openjdk-9-jre - but then the user must have installed it beforehand. Otherwise openjdk-8-jre-headless will be installed. It's exactly because openjdk-9-jre can also satisfy that Depends that I previously suggested depending explicitly on the JRE packages that you support instead of relying on the "java8-runtime" virtual package for a "catch all". On a side note, if you prefer to keep relying on the virtual package you might want to use "java8-runtime-headless" instead of "java8-runtime" (given that your other dependency is "openjdk-8-jre-headless"). > These were the results in my testing: > - With no JRE installed, openjdk-8-jre-headless > is pulled in. > - With oracle-java8-installer from webupd8 already > installed, no JRE is pulled in. Correct, if the user has previously installed any JRE that provides java8-runtime than no JRE will be pulled in. > Am I correct in assuming that the first package > (in this case openjdk-8-jre-headless) will be > installed in case none of the (virtual) packages > are installed on the system? Yes, that is correct. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584118 Title: 16.04 incorrectly installs openjdk-9 to satisfy java8-runtime dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-9/+bug/1584118/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
