Re: java 1.4 issue

[Steve <kru_tch@yahoo.ca>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 09:28:26AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:53:39AM -0400, Stephen wrote:
> > Thanks John, fixed that issue, still won't install. Dependency on what I
> > can't seem to figure out, seems circular:
> 
> Could you avoid wrapping your error messages, please? This ...
> 
> > Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ...  update-alternatives: unable to
> > make /usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink
> > to /etc/alternatives/javaplugin_oji-mozilla-cvs.so: No such file or
> > directory dpkg: error processing j2re1.4 (--configure): subprocess
> > post-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: dependency
> > problems prevent configuration of j2sdk1.4: j2sdk1.4 depends on j2re1.4
> > (= 1.4.0.99beta-1); however: Package j2re1.4 is not configured yet.
> 
> ... is much harder to read than the original, which would have been
> something like this:

Ok wilco. Don't wish to make it harder on the folks helping. :)

> Anyway, this has been reported to the Blackdown people as a bug several
> times, I think. 'mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins' should work
> around the problem and allow all the packages to configure.

Excellent! Thank-you sir, worked like a charm.

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