Re: What is openjdk equivalent of javaws.jar

[Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>]

Vincent Fourmond wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Vincent Fourmond wrote:
> >
> > > This raises a problem which I've hit quite a few times already: it is
> > > a currently pain to find which java package holds which java classes.
> > > It would be quite great to have the equivalent of apt-file for java
> > > classes ;-)... (and that shouldn't be too difficult to write, actually
> > > - I just do not currently have the time).
> > This should do it.
>
>   Sure, but that only works for installed packages, whereas its
> utility would be much greater if it was based on some index of the
> jars available in the Debian archive... (for the record, apt-file is a
> utility that tells you which packages are installing a named file).

Fair enough.  I find the various combinations of dpkg and apt utterly
baffling, but that's just me!  I know I shouldn't be here really.  :-)

Seriously though, that script is *very* useful.  I hope you find it so
too.

Andrew.