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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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