Bug 2210425

Summary:	java-17-openjdk-headless appears to have created /etc/alternatives/alt-java.1.gz (broken symlink)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	John Dodson <jwadodson>
Component:	java-17-openjdk-portable	Assignee:	jiri vanek <jvanek>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:
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Version:	38	CC:	ahughes, jandrlik, jerboaa, jvanek, pmikova, zzambers
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Description John Dodson 2023-05-27 12:56:07 UTC

java-17-openjdk-headless appears to have created /etc/alternatives/alt-java.1.gz (broken symlink)

Broken symlinks are not appropriate

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.file /etc/alternatives/alt-java.1.gz
/etc/alternatives/alt-java.1.gz: broken symbolic link to /usr/share/man/man1/alt-java-java-17-openjdk-17.0.7.0.7-5.fc37.x86_64.1.gz
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Actual Results:  
file /etc/alternatives/alt-java.1.gz
/etc/alternatives/alt-java.1.gz: broken symbolic link to /usr/share/man/man1/alt-java-java-17-openjdk-17.0.7.0.7-5.fc37.x86_64.1.gz

Expected Results:  
An unbroken symlink or a package that appropriately creates such links along with the target

Symlinks need to be appropriately managed by the package that requires them & should never be broken.

Comment 1 John Dodson 2023-05-27 12:57:01 UTC

Appear not to be able to select java-17-openjdk-headless as a component

Comment 2 John Dodson 2023-05-28 03:04:48 UTC

Note also that, this is broken...
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 31 Dec 26 10:37 /usr/share/man/man1/alt-java.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/alt-java.1.gz

Obviously related in that the creation script is likely using an incorrect target.

Comment 3 John Dodson 2023-08-13 14:18:55 UTC

still broken in FC38 & recent install of,

2023-08-13T01:00:38+1000 SUBDEBUG Upgraded: java-11-openjdk-headless-1:11.0.19.0.7-1.fc38.x86_64

Comment 4 John Dodson 2023-08-13 14:24:16 UTC

Now (FC38)
broken as,

/etc/alternatives/alt-java.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/alt-java-java-17-openjdk-17.0.8.0.7-1.fc38.x86_64.1.gz

Comment 5 Aoife Moloney 2024-05-22 11:12:46 UTC

Fedora Linux 38 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2024-05-21.

Fedora Linux 38 is no longer maintained, which means that it
will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we
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