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Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime

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On 2017-08-24 16:15, Carnë Draug wrote:
> Thank you for the answer but I still don't understand.  I get how the
> use of virtual packages for java<N>-runtime allows one to choose
> OpenJDK or Oracle JDK.  What I don't understand is the default-jre
> *and* java<N>-runtime.  Actually, I don't understand the default-jre
> at all if one also needs to specify a minimum java version via
> java<N>-runtime.

The first package in a list of alternatives must a be real package due 
to limitation on the build daemons, which only consider the first 
package in a list of alternatives.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com> - 2017-08-23 20:20 +0200
  Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2017-08-23 22:50 +0200
    Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl> - 2017-08-24 16:20 +0200
      Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com> - 2017-08-25 16:30 +0200
        Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2017-08-25 16:40 +0200
          Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com> - 2017-08-29 14:30 +0200
    Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com> - 2017-08-24 16:20 +0200
  Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2017-08-31 04:00 +0200

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