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Java 6 update 17 on Fedora 12 « Everything technical — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:26:56 +0000

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JDK6 update 16 and Fedora « Everything technical — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:22:29 +0000

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By: Nothingman

Nothingman — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:06:54 +0000

After that you released java-1.6.0 spec file, Sun developers stated to work very hard to test your packaging abilites…
jdk-1.6.0u16 is out…

By: Santiago Angel

Santiago Angel — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:31:32 +0000

please forget previous entry there was an error.

This actually works !!!!

This is a fix for correct plugin behavior when registered via updates-alternatives.

java-1.6.0-sun.spec.diff:

*** java-1.6.0-sun.spec.orig 2009-08-08 01:42:34.000000000 -0500
— java-1.6.0-sun.spec 2009-08-08 03:30:10.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 63,68 ****
— 63,70 —-
%define target_cpu i586
%define pluginbasename libjavaplugin_oji.so
%define pluginname %{_jvmdir}/%{jredir}/plugin/i386/ns7/%{pluginbasename}
+ %define pluginbasenamenew libnpjp2.so
+ %define pluginnamenew %{_jvmdir}/%{jredir}/lib/i386/%{pluginbasenamenew}
%endif
%ifarch x86_64
%define target_cpu x64
***************
*** 70,75 ****
— 72,86 —-
%define pluginname %{_jvmdir}/%{jredir}/lib/amd64/%{pluginbasename}
%endif

+ #next lines needs tests
+ #%ifarch %{multilib_arches}
+ #%define javaplugin libjavaplugin.so.%{_arch}
+ #%else
+ %define javaplugin libjavaplugin.so
+ #%endif
+
+
+
%define cgibindir %{_var}/www/cgi-bin

# Avoid RPM 4.2+’s internal dep generator, it may produce bogus
***************
*** 82,88 ****

Name: java-%{javaver}-%{origin}
Version: %{javaver}.%{buildver}
! Release: 1.0.lb
Epoch: 0
Summary: Java Runtime Environment for %{name}
License: Sun Binary Code License
— 93,99 —-

Name: java-%{javaver}-%{origin}
Version: %{javaver}.%{buildver}
! Release: 1.0.lc
Epoch: 0
Summary: Java Runtime Environment for %{name}
License: Sun Binary Code License
***************
*** 596,610 ****

%post plugin
! update-alternatives –install %{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/%{pluginbasename} java-plugin \
%{pluginname} %{priority}

%postun plugin
! if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
! update-alternatives –remove java-plugin %{pluginname}
fi

# We do not care if all/any of this actually succeeds
# Therefore errors are catched but messages allowed
— 607,644 —-

+ #%post plugin
+ #update-alternatives –install %{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/%{pluginbasename} java-plugin \
+ # %{pluginname} %{priority}
+
+ #%postun plugin
+ #if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
+ # update-alternatives –remove java-plugin %{pluginname}
+ #fi
+
+
%post plugin
! update-alternatives \
! –install %{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so %{javaplugin} \
%{pluginname} %{priority}
+ # new plugin option
+ update-alternatives \
+ –install %{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so %{javaplugin} \
+ %{pluginnamenew} %{priority}
+
+ exit 0

%postun plugin
! if [ $1 -eq 0 ]
! then
! update-alternatives –remove %{javaplugin} \
! %{pluginname}
!
! update-alternatives –remove %{javaplugin} \
! %{pluginnamenew}
fi

+ exit 0

# We do not care if all/any of this actually succeeds
# Therefore errors are catched but messages allowed
***************
*** 750,756 ****
%ghost %{fontdir}/encodings.dir

%changelog
! * Thu Aug 07 2009 Luca Botti – 0:1.6.0.15-1.0.lb
– Updated to lates Sun Java Version
– Added blacklist to list of jre files

— 784,795 —-
%ghost %{fontdir}/encodings.dir

%changelog
! * Sat Aug 08 2009 Santiago Angel – 0:1.6.0.15-java-1.6.0-sun.spec.diff1.0.lc
! – Fix plugin’s alternatives registration
! – Added npjp2(java new plugin) plugin option to alternatives
!
!
! * Fri Aug 07 2009 Luca Botti – 0:1.6.0.15-1.0.lb
– Updated to lates Sun Java Version
– Added blacklist to list of jre files

By: Santiago Angel

Santiago Angel — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:17:53 +0000

This is a fix for correct plugin behavior when registered via updates-alternatives.

java-1.6.0-sun.spec.diff:

*** java-1.6.0-sun.spec.orig 2009-08-08 01:42:34.000000000 -0500
— java-1.6.0-sun.spec 2009-08-08 01:45:37.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 63,68 ****
— 63,70 —-
%define target_cpu i586
%define pluginbasename libjavaplugin_oji.so
%define pluginname %{_jvmdir}/%{jredir}/plugin/i386/ns7/%{pluginbasename}
+ %define pluginbasenamenew libjavaplugin_nscp.so
+ %define pluginnamenew %{_jvmdir}/%{jredir}/lib/i386/%{pluginbasenamenew}
%endif
%ifarch x86_64
%define target_cpu x64
***************
*** 70,75 ****
— 72,86 —-
%define pluginname %{_jvmdir}/%{jredir}/lib/amd64/%{pluginbasename}
%endif

# Avoid RPM 4.2+’s internal dep generator, it may produce bogus
***************
*** 82,88 ****

Name: java-%{javaver}-%{origin}
Version: %{javaver}.%{buildver}
! Release: 1.0.lb
Epoch: 0
Summary: Java Runtime Environment for %{name}
License: Sun Binary Code License
— 93,99 —-

%post plugin
! update-alternatives –install %{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/%{pluginbasename} java-plugin \
%{pluginname} %{priority}

%postun plugin
! if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
! update-alternatives –remove java-plugin %{pluginname}
fi

# We do not care if all/any of this actually succeeds
# Therefore errors are catched but messages allowed
— 607,644 —-

+ #%post plugin
+ #update-alternatives –install %{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/%{pluginbasename} java-plugin \
+ # %{pluginname} %{priority}
+
+ #%postun plugin
+ #if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
+ # update-alternatives –remove java-plugin %{pluginname}
+ #fi
+
+
%post plugin
! alternatives \
! –install %{syslibdir}/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so %{javaplugin} \
%{pluginname} %{priority}
+ # new plugin option
+ alternatives \
+ –install %{syslibdir}/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so %{javaplugin} \
+ %{pluginnamenew} %{priority}
+
+ exit 0

%postun plugin
! if [ $1 -eq 0 ]
! then
! alternatives –remove %{javaplugin} \
! %{pluginname}
!
! alternatives –remove %{javaplugin} \
! %{pluginnamenew}
fi

+ exit 0

# We do not care if all/any of this actually succeeds
# Therefore errors are catched but messages allowed
***************
*** 750,756 ****
%ghost %{fontdir}/encodings.dir

%changelog
! * Thu Aug 07 2009 Luca Botti – 0:1.6.0.15-1.0.lb
– Updated to lates Sun Java Version
– Added blacklist to list of jre files

— 784,795 —-
%ghost %{fontdir}/encodings.dir

%changelog
! * Sat Aug 08 2009 Santiago Angel – 0:1.6.0.15-1.0.lc
! – Fix plugin’s alternatives registration
! – Added nscp(java new plugin) plugin option to alternatives
!
!
! * Fri Aug 07 2009 Luca Botti – 0:1.6.0.15-1.0.lb
– Updated to lates Sun Java Version
– Added blacklist to list of jre files

By: Nothingman

Nothingman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:08:31 +0000

Updated from your previous version (u14). Everything it’s ok but I’d to manually set the java-plugin to new version using “sudo alternatives –config java-plugin” because it was still pointing to the previous version (u14)