On Lun 25 avril 2005 11:04, Nicolas Mailhot a écrit : > > On Lun 25 avril 2005 10:48, Michael Schwendt a écrit : >> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:50:36 -1000, Warren Togami wrote: >> >>> sean wrote: >>> > Nicolas Mailhot wrote: >>> > >>> >> >>> >> Since they provide the same service yum may be deciding you don't >>> need >>> >> the Sun version. Should probably be discussed directly with the yum >>> >> author, though >>> >> >>> > >>> > I don't think yum "decides" anything. I bet the rpm "obsoletes" jre. >>> > >>> > sean >>> > >>> >>> http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/java-1.4.2-gcj-compat/ >>> That's what I'd guess too, but the spec doesn't contain anything like >>> that. Try installing java-1.4.2-gcj-compat with rpm -vvv and see what >>> causes jre to be uninstalled. >> >> It "Provides: jre = %{javaver}" and that makes it a candidate for >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/111071 > > Which is right at the rpm level. What an autoupdater like yum should do > with it is something there is no real consensus on, which is why I > suggested discussing it directly with Seth. The java-* packages are very complex rpm-wise because of all the restrictions closed-source impose (which leads to alternative and virtual debauch so users can hope installing a jvm that works). I'm not surprised they hit corner cases in yum. Regards, -- Nicolas Mailhot
