Perhaps there is a problem with the uninstall procedure of icedtea-java which causes the symptoms of this bug.
I use the latest Ubuntu Hardy (beta). When I removed icedtea-java from my system today, the /etc/alternatives/java got broken. It was still linked to icedtea-java. I confirmed this with "sudo update-alternatives --display java". I expected that it gets linked back to sun-java6, like it was before installing icedtea-java. Even reinstalling sun-java6 did not help. I was able to fix it with "sudo update-alternatives --auto java". I don't know if this is a good solution, but if so, then icedtea-java could do this in its uninstall- script. Some background info: I uninstalled icedtea-java because "ProjectX" got an update today where it does not depend on icedtea-java anymore. Now it can also run with sun-java6. packages/versions involved: icedtea-java7-jre (7~b24-1.5+20080118-1) sun-java6-jre (6-04-2) project-x (0.90.4dfsg-0ubuntu3, updated to 0.90.4dfsg-0ubuntu4) -- java related /etc/alternatives files broken after upgrading to gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155641 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
