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Re: sun-java6-jdk is broken



On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 04:23:55PM +0200, Dominik Bruhn wrote:
> Hy,
> Im not sure if this is the right location to report, but you cant install
> "sun-java6-jdk" on a etch-amd64:
> ---- snip -----
> # apt-get -t etch-backports install sun-java6-jdk
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> 
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   sun-java6-jdk: Depends: sun-java6-jre (= 6-00-2~bpo.1) but it is not going to
>   be installed
>   E: Broken packages
> ---------------
> 
> Can anybody tell me where the problem is and how to fix?

The problem is that the current version of sun-java6 on backports is
only build for i386 and not for amd64. This needs to be done and upload
and the problem will be fixed.


Cheers,
Michael

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