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[Abstract <thikrat@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree it is a hack, but I never understood the whole
/etc/alternatives thing, it really seemed evil to me as well :)  This
way, I had netbeans, and all my apps using the new java, without all
the hassle

On 3/9/07, Glenn Holmer <gholmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday 08 March 2007 07:42, Abstract wrote:
> > I have had java-6 working on many distros 64-bit and 32-bit, usually,
> > its as simply as making the .bin file executable and then running the
> > .bin.
>
> But that's just a hack if your distro uses /etc/alternatives (which I
> personally consider unspeakably evil, BTW).  A SUSE-fied package that
> generates the required forest of symlinks will make it much easier to
> switch back and forth between Java 5 and Java 6 during testing.
>
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