Re: Bug#540939: upgrade has broken several packages: gcj-4.4-jre-headless cannot be configured

[Graham Cobb <g+debian@cobb.uk.net>]

On Sunday 13 September 2009 10:01:55 Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> What is the package that provides the java alternative with the
> rmiregistry slave ?

From looking at the output of 

update-alternatives --query java

it appears to be this alternative that is causing the problem:

Alternative: /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-3.3
Priority: 33
Slaves:
 java.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gij-wrapper-3.3.1.gz
 rmiregistry /usr/bin/rmiregistry-3.3
 rmiregistry.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/rmiregistry-3.3.1.gz

/usr/bin/gij-wrapper-3.3 is provided by gij-3.3 1:3.3.6-7

> Make your /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/java file available in the log
> as well as the package name and package version that provides
> /usr/bin/java

/usr/bin/java is currently linked to /usr/bin/gij-4.4 (provided by 
gcj-4.4-jre-headless 4.4.1-1).

Here is my /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/java file:

auto
/usr/bin/java
java.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/java.1.gz
rmiregistry
/usr/bin/rmiregistry
rmiregistry.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rmiregistry.1.gz

/etc/alternatives/kaffe-system/bin/java
300
/usr/share/man/man1/java.kaffe.1.gz


/usr/bin/gij-4.1
41



/usr/bin/gij-4.2
42



/usr/bin/gij-4.3
43



/usr/bin/gij-4.4
1044



/usr/bin/gij-wrapper-3.3
33
/usr/share/man/man1/gij-wrapper-3.3.1.gz
/usr/bin/rmiregistry-3.3
/usr/share/man/man1/rmiregistry-3.3.1.gz
/usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.0
40
/usr/share/man/man1/gij-wrapper-4.0.1.gz


/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java
1043
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/man/man1/java.1.gz




> Then this bug should be cloned to that package (or those if needed)
> once those cloned bugs are fixed, gcj-4.4-jre-headless and other can
> conflicts with the broken versions of those packages.

Does this give you enough to work out who needs to fix the bug?

> > I would certainly not be happy to see it closed as WONTFIX -- won't this
> > break the upgrade process to squeeze for many people?  And what is the
> > workround? My system is currently broken, how do I fix it?
>
> Remove the package(s) providing the java alternative that contains the
> rmiregistry slave.

I tried removing gij-3.3 -- that fixed the problem and gcj-4.4-jre-headless, 
ecj, ecj-gcj, java-gcj-compat-headless, java-gcj-compat and 
java-gcj-compat-dev were all able to be configured correctly.  No more errors 
from aptitude!

Thanks for your help.