Bug#433514: java-package: package generated with make-jpkg doesn't have a .jinfo file in /usr/lib/jvm

[C. Dominik Bodi]

Package: java-package
Version: 0.31
Severity: important

I've recently tried to use make-jpkg to generate a package from sun's
java5 a.k.a. java2-1.5 jre and jdk (version 5.0 update 12), respectively. The packages generated and
installed fine, but the generated packages did not contain a
corresponding .jinfo file in /usr/lib/jvm
Thus, update-java-alternatives would not see those generated packages and
 was not able to set the alternatives accordingly. This reduces the
usability of those generated packages, as I would have to provide a
PATH to correspoding programs manually in order to overload the
currently installed gcj/gij environment. Sun's java5 and java6 in
non-free don't install currently because of dependency problems. Thus,
use of sun's java5 and/or java6 environments is significantly hampered
in amd64 unstable.

make-jpkg should provide a /usr/lib/jvm/<nameofvm>.jinfo file in each
generated package in order to be utilised by update-java-alternatives.

Regards,
C. Dominik Bodi

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages java-package depends on:
ii  debhelper                     5.0.53     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  fakeroot                      1.7.1      Gives a fake root environment
ii  unzip                         5.52-10    De-archiver for .zip files

java-package recommends no packages.

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