Subject: pkg/20269: lang/sun-jre13 removes well-known "jre/bin" subdir
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List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/09/2003 18:19:16
>Number:         20269
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       lang/sun-jre13 removes well-known "jre/bin" subdir
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 09 15:20:01 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Todd Vierling
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6ish
>Organization:
	DUH.ORG:  Pointing out the obvious since 1994.
>Environment:
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386

>Description:

The "jre/bin" subdirectory (and some other goop under the "jre" subdir) is a
vital part of the JRE component of the Sun JDK/JRE combo.  This directory
indeed exists in the fully extracted Sun JDK 1.3, but the sun-jre13 package
removes it under the claim that it is "shared with the JDK".

(Yes, I'm aware that it is redundant.  However, commercial packages expect
the jre/bin directory to be present, which is why I included it when I wrote
the sun-j{dk,re} packages in the first place.)

>How-To-Repeat:

Try to install anything that knows about the full Sun JDK path layout (i.e.
any Sun commercial package with Java support, such as Sun ONE ASP).

>Fix:

Pick one:

* Symlink jre/bin to "../bin".

* Put the directory back, and fix the .java_wrapper in both places, as the
  sun-j{dk,re} packages used to do.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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