David Boles wrote:
Real _what_? If you execute java in fedora, you'll get something that
is not java and won't successfully execute many java programs.
So use something else. You do know how to add and remove rpm packages
right? ;-)
Ah come on Les. You know why they don't include Sun's Java. For pretty
much the same reason they don't include your beloved codecs. Non FOSS.
Errr, no, this time is it because they want you to buy RHEL with support
and access to: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html. But
you can pretend that it would be illegal to even supply symlinks from
the baroque locations that java is expected to live on RH/fedora to the
place that the official distribution puts it if it makes you happy.
And what specific Fedora provided java application does not work?
Java works or it doesn't. It doesn't care about a subset of packages.
And I will say this. The Icedtea has improved a lot. But as long as
people *immediately* bailout things are not going to improve. Did you
report (bugzilla) this tragic event you had? If you did not just how do
you expect anyone to fix it?
I thought there was a compatibility test. Does everything being
distributed and executed with the java name pass?
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Les Mikesell
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