Re: empty gcj-jre
On 2009-09-17 17:18 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Can someone explain why gcj-jre contains nothing on amd64[*] while
> its description says:
>
> Description: Java runtime environment using GIJ/classpath
> GIJ is a Java bytecode interpreter, not limited to interpreting bytecode.
> It includes a class loader which can dynamically load shared objects, so
> it is possible to give it the name of a class which has been compiled and
> put into a shared library on the class path.
> .
> The package contains as well a collection of wrapper scripts and symlinks.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> It is meant to provide a Java-RTE-like interface to the GIJ/GCJ tool set.
Seems that had been the case at some time, but now the package is just a
dummy to pull in dependencies. File a bug that the description should
be updated.
> And why can't this package be found on http://snapshot.debian.net/?
Because snapshot.debian.net ran out of disk space in May 2008 and has
not seen any updates since then. :-(
Sven
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