Bug Fix Advisory system-switch-java bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0241-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-04-21
Last updated on: 2008-04-21
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client)
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated system-switch-java package that fixes various bugs is now available.

The system-switch-java package contains two easy-to-use tools for selecting
the desired Java environment out of a list of installed alternatives. One
tool has a graphical interface and the second is text-based.

This updated system-switch-java package includes fixes for the following bugs:

* Java 1.6.0 alternatives were not being set correctly and were not being
made available.

* system-switch-java was not able to gracefully handle broken symlinks and
would fail to launch.

All users who wish to change their default Java environment quickly and
easily with a graphical user interface are advised to upgrade to this
updated package, which resolves these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.src.rpm     5b9961ba247adce493faedcba67dd9b6
 
IA-32:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.noarch.rpm     c67ee81c5315e03017737c59fea55ae4
 
x86_64:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.noarch.rpm     c67ee81c5315e03017737c59fea55ae4
 
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.src.rpm     5b9961ba247adce493faedcba67dd9b6
 
IA-32:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.noarch.rpm     c67ee81c5315e03017737c59fea55ae4
 
IA-64:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.noarch.rpm     c67ee81c5315e03017737c59fea55ae4
 
PPC:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.noarch.rpm     c67ee81c5315e03017737c59fea55ae4
 
s390x:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.noarch.rpm     c67ee81c5315e03017737c59fea55ae4
 
x86_64:
system-switch-java-1.1.2-2.el5_1.noarch.rpm     c67ee81c5315e03017737c59fea55ae4
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

442459 - system-switch-java does not set all plugin alternatives
442465 - s-s-java is unable to deal with a broken java path



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