Bug 164057

Summary:	upgrade from libgcj-4.0.0-8 to libgcj-4.0.1-3.fc4 creates dangling symlinks
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Need Real Name <howarth>
Component:	java-1.4.2-gcj-compat	Assignee:	Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim>
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Description Need Real Name 2005-07-23 14:03:09 UTC

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Description of problem:
After installing the new 4.0.1-3.fc4 rpms for the gcc packages with 'rpm -Uvh *' over my existing
FC4 installation, I find the following symlink is dangling...

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 32 Jul 21 18:44 /etc/alternatives/jaxp_parser_impl -> /usr/share/java/
libgcj-4.0.0.jar

this should be pointing at /usr/share/java/libgcj-4.0.1.jar


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libgcj-4.0.1-3.fc4

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install FC4
2. Use rpm to upgrade the gcc packages to 4.0.1-3.fc4


Actual Results:  /etc/alternatives/jaxp_parser_impl is a broken symlink still pointing at the path for the file from the  
libgcj-4.0.0-8  package.

Expected Results:  Upgrading to libgcj-4.0.1-3.fc4 should have reset the /etc/alternatives/jaxp_parser_impl  to point at  /
usr/share/java/libgcj-4.0.1.jar.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2005-07-24 19:10:24 UTC

Guess a new java-1.4.2-gcj-compat or whatever else manages these alternatives
is needed.

Comment 2 Carsten Schmidt 2005-07-29 08:01:27 UTC

Do you think so? For me is looks absolutly like a libgcj problem. By the way,
when trying to update my machine via yum I got this conflict:

Transaction Check Error:   file /usr/share/man/man1/fastjar.1.gz from install of
libgcj-4.0.1-4.fc4 conflicts with file from package libgcj-4.0.0-8
  file /usr/share/man/man1/gcj-dbtool.1.gz from install of libgcj-4.0.1-4.fc4
conflicts with file from package libgcj-4.0.0-8
  file /usr/share/man/man1/gij.1.gz from install of libgcj-4.0.1-4.fc4 conflicts
with file from package libgcj-4.0.0-8
  file /usr/share/man/man1/grepjar.1.gz from install of libgcj-4.0.1-4.fc4
conflicts with file from package libgcj-4.0.0-8
  file /usr/share/man/man1/grmic.1.gz from install of libgcj-4.0.1-4.fc4
conflicts with file from package libgcj-4.0.0-8
  file /usr/share/man/man1/grmiregistry.1.gz from install of libgcj-4.0.1-4.fc4
conflicts with file from package libgcj-4.0.0-8
  file /usr/share/man/man1/jv-convert.1.gz from install of libgcj-4.0.1-4.fc4
conflicts with file from package libgcj-4.0.0-8

looks simular, doesn't it?

Comment 3 Jakub Jelinek 2005-07-29 08:09:40 UTC

Of course libgcj-4.0.0-8 conflicts with libgcj-4.0.1-4.fc4.  But those 2
should never live together, either you have installed the older one, or the
newer one.  If on arch with multilibs (e.g. x86-64), either you have both
4.0.0-8 libgcj's installed, or both 4.0.1-4.fc4 libgcj's.
The above errors are either user error (trying to install rather than upgrade
to the new gcc) or yum bugs.

Comment 4 Thomas Fitzsimmons 2005-10-01 21:45:18 UTC

There are now triggers in the code that update jaxp_parser_impl when a new
version of libgcj is installed.  Closing.