openSUSE Recommended Update: update-alternatives: This update fixes a database corruption that can occur after an openjdk update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2011:0122-1 Rating: critical References: #669716 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: openjdk update breaks Sun java alternative under some circumstances. This ends in unusable java (both Sun and openjdk). This update fixes the broken /var/lib/rpm/alternatives/java and prevent from those failures in the future. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch update-alternatives-3983 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch update-alternatives-3983 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch): update-alternatives-1.14.19-27.3.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (noarch): update-alternatives-1.14.19-23.4.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/669716