Re: Testing needed for openjdk-6 security updates
Putting on list as I ought to have done in the first place. Sorry Moritz.
On Monday 22 July 2013 22:36:11 Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:19:00PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Sunday 21 July 2013 14:21:20 Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote:
> > > Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org> schrieb:
> > > > The packages for openjdk are generally ready, but I don't use
> > > > Java myself. As such I need some additional real world testing
> > > > before I'll release them through security.debian.org
> > >
> > > In case anyone's wondering why there's no DSA yet: Noone bothered
> > > to test.
> > I am willing, indeed happy to test for you; but I have no idea what you
> > want us to do. What does testing it involve? Using it, of course; but I
> > wouldn't know how to use it. I know that many on this list are very
> > knowledgeable and would know, but they may be too busy. I can find time
> > and would like to help: I do far too little for the community. But I am
> > also an ignoramus when it comes to the details of Java.
>
> If you currently run any application using Java (i.e. depending on
> openjdk-6-jre or openjdk-6-jdk), simply install the updated packages and
> simply continue to use that app. If everything breaks, please tell. If not,
> please tell as well.
>
> If especially interested in feedback on the browser plugin. I'm pretty
> confident no app will break with the base packages, but especially for
> oldstable the version bump is significant.
>
> > Does "test" mean spending an uncomfortable amount of time on YouTube??
> > ;-) I don't consciously use Java much, and would not know how to set
> > about doing so - except by trying to create a booklist and index for a
> > publication in OpenOffice.org.
>
> The Youtube plugins don't use Java, so that's not a sufficient test case.
>
> > I could, of course test to see if I get the same circular dependancy as
> > Rob Owens.
>
> Feeding all the debs you've installed into a single dpkg -i invocation
> should fix that (that's what apt would do for you if you install the
> packages from security.debian.irg).
>
> You can figure out the currently installed java Version by running
>
> dpkg --list | grep 6b27-1.12
>
> Then you can download all the respective debs and execute
>
> dpkg -i x.deb y.deb
Hi, Moritz!
It doesn't look as though I am likely to be much use to you.
lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude why openjdk-6-jre
i libreoffice Depends libreoffice-filter-mobiledev
i A libreoffice-filter-mobiledev Depends default-jre | gcj-jre |
java-gcj-compat | openjd
k-6-jre | openjdk-7-jre |
sun-java5-jre | sun-ja
va6-jre | java5-runtime | jre
lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude why openjdk-6-jdk
i libreoffice-java-common Depends
libserializer-java-openoffice.org
i A libserializer-java-openoffice.org Depends libcommons-logging-java
i A libcommons-logging-java Suggests liblog4j1.2-java
p liblog4j1.2-java Suggests libgnumail-java
p libgnumail-java Suggests libgnumail-java-doc
p libgnumail-java-doc Recommends default-jdk-doc
p default-jdk-doc Depends openjdk-6-doc
p openjdk-6-doc Suggests openjdk-6-jdk
lisi@Tux-II:~$
lisi@Tux-II:~$ dpkg --list | grep 6b27-1.12
lisi@Tux-II:~$
lisi@Tux-II:~$ dpkg --list | grep openoffice
ii libbase-java-openoffice.org 1.0.0-OOo31-2 A
general purpose base service library (OOo 3.1 branch)
ii libserializer-java-openoffice.org 1.0.0-OOo31-2
igeneral serializaton framework (OOo 3.1 branch)
lisi@Tux-II:~$
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Sorry :-(
Lisi
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