Bug#519154: Non debian release unaffected

[Niels Thykier]

Vincent Fourmond wrote:
> Niels Thykier wrote:
>   
>>> Niels Thykier wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I tested the non-debian release and it appears to be unaffected by
>>>> this, as I also mention in a reply for a comment to bug #519156.
>>>>         
>>>  Hmmm... I think I see what could be the problem. Do you have the
>>>       
>> opportunity to install another jvm, such as sun-java6-jre or cacao-oj6-jre ?
>>     
>>>  Then run either:
>>>
>>> JAVA_FLAVOR=cacaooj6 freecol
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> JAVA_FLAVOR=sun6 freecol
>>>
>>> Does the problem still show up ?
>>>       
>> I used update-alternatives to use sun6 (apparently I already have it
>> installed), however the capitalized "i" problem is still present.
>>     
>
>   The problem is that java-wrappers don't use alternatives, for a very
> simple reason: there is no simple way to know the "capacities" of
> /usr/bin/java...
>   

I sort of assumed alternatives served as a system wide chooser for my
applications. I guess this qualifies as my "daily newly learned item".

Nevertheless,
  JAVA_FLAVOR=sun6 freecol
seems to be unaffected by the capital "i"s. I did not test the cacao one.

~NT
>   So I guess it didn't have any effect, did it ;-) ? Running the above
> command-lines really should work
>
>   I might provide the support for parsing java alternatives one day, but
> that day has not come yet...
>
>   Cheers !
>
> 	Vincent
>
>