https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=334783 Summary: Recent JAVA updates for 10.3 break links in /etc/alternatives Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: i386 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Java AssignedTo: bnc-team-java@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: swehnert@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Novell Technical Services NTS Priority: 200 yesterday evening I installed the JAVA updates for 10.3 swehnert@gonzo:/etc/alternatives> rpm -qa --last|head java-1_5_0-sun-plugin-1.5.0_update13-0.1 Wed 17 Oct 2007 08:31:12 PM CEST java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u3-0.1 Wed 17 Oct 2007 08:31:07 PM CEST java-1_5_0-sun-1.5.0_update13-0.1 Wed 17 Oct 2007 08:29:45 PM CEST This morning I noticed a lot of broken links in /etc/alternatives pointing to invalid paths, e.g: swehnert@gonzo:/etc/alternatives> l java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2007-10-17 20:31 java -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0.u1-sun/bin/java swehnert@gonzo:/etc/alternatives> l /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0.u1-sun/bin/java ls: cannot access /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0.u1-sun/bin/java: No such file or directory swehnert@gonzo:/etc/alternatives> l /usr/lib/jvm/ total 88 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2007-10-17 20:31 ./ drwxr-xr-x 147 root root 69632 2007-10-16 08:13 ../ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2007-09-22 00:41 java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update12/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2007-10-17 20:29 java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update13/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2007-10-17 20:31 java-1.6.0.u3-sun-1.6.0.u3/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2007-09-20 18:47 jre -> /etc/alternatives/jre lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-09-20 18:47 jre-1.5.0 -> /etc/alternatives/jre_1.5.0/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2007-10-17 20:29 jre-1.5.0-sun -> java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update13/jre/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 2007-09-30 22:04 jre-1.6.0.u1 -> /etc/alternatives/jre_1.6.0.u1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 2007-10-17 20:31 jre-1.6.0.u3 -> /etc/alternatives/jre_1.6.0.u3/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 2007-10-17 20:31 jre-1.6.0.u3-sun -> java-1.6.0.u3-sun-1.6.0.u3/jre/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2007-09-20 18:47 jre-sun -> /etc/alternatives/jre_sun swehnert@gonzo:/etc/alternatives> So the latest JAVA-Updates did not adjust the links in /etc/alternatives. An error after installation of those packages has not been reported. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.