update-alternatives problem for java?

[Hein Meling <meling@acm.org>]

Hi

 Every time I do an update, and there is a new version of sablevm (I 
think), the alternatives system returns to "auto" mode and selects sablevm 
as the default JVM, even though I have previously (manually) selected 
j2sdk1.4 as the default.

 Anyone know why this keeps happening?

Thanks,
 Hein


PS; this is what I get _after_ having selected j2sdk1.4 manually; does this 
+ sign mean anything?:

# update-alternatives --config java
There are 4 alternatives which provide `java'.
Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
+    1        /usr/bin/java-sablevm
     2        /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-3.2
*     3        /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4/bin/java
     4        /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-3.3
Enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: