Hi, On 07/14/2014 06:20 PM, Robert Middleton wrote: >>You are right, dbus-java-bin should depend on "default-jre | > java6-runtime | java7-runtime" instead of "openjdk-7-jre | openjdk-6-jre". > > Good to know. :) If Java6 is sufficient, then "default-jre | java6-runtime" should be sufficient. Anything that provides java7-runtime will provide java6-runtime as well. Another thing to keep in mind is whether the package can depend on a -headless JRE. >>This is an error in the policy, thank you for spotting it. > > Out of curiosity, why does the policy not require that libraries depend > on Java? The only reason I can think of is if programs create/embed > their own JVM, so one on the system wouldn't be needed(I know of no > programs that do this). I can't speak to the original reason, but it's generally unnecessary because whatever binary package depends on the library will have a dependency on a JRE. Also, I can imagine wanting to install libraries for a web application (or perhaps for development, maybe in a bind-mounted chroot) where the container is responsible for the JRE. Not having libraries depend on the JRE can prevent having the package manager pull in a JRE in situations when it's not desired. Cheers, tony
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