Bug#469527: policy: Alternatives for minor versions of Java
Package: java-common
Version: 0.25
Severity: normal
It's often required to run Java application with concrete version
of JDK: 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6, even if JRE is backward compatible.
To achieve this, new executables should be created in /usr/bin:
java1.4
java1.5
java1.6
javac1.4
javac1.4
javac1.6
and so on.
These files should be symlinks to
/etc/alternatives/*
Similar names present Python (python2.4, python2.5), although Python
is installed without alternatives.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-openvz-amd64
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
-- no debconf information
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