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

From Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.maint.java
Subject Re: Why dependency on both default-jre and java<N>-runtime
Date 2017-08-25 16:30 +0200
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On 24 August 2017 at 15:17, Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 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

But there are no alternatives.  The current policy says it must be
dependent on one *and* the other.  That is, that it should have
something like this line:

    Depends: default-jre, java6-runtime

I may be reading the policy wrong, or missing the bigger picture on
how this interact.

Best Regards,
Carnë

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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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