Bug 431606

You could use icedtea if you wanted effectively the sun java, 
or use the jpackage sun-java rpms, e.g. see How do I install a working Java
plugin for my web browser? at http://www.fedorafaq.org/. 
And Either way it doesn't actually matter as gcj should be able to co-exist with
sun-java

Nevertheless, I see no harm in requiring jre instead of java, so if there's
another F-8 update of OOo that'll be in it

Created attachment 294290 [details]
dummy package to make jre satisfy java

This depends on version 1.6.0_03 of the JRE.  For some reason Requires: java =
1.6 or Requires: java = 1.6.0 don't work.

This still doesn't solve the problem, because openoffice.org-core wants to pull
down xalan-j2, bsh, hsqldb, xerces-j2, which in turn have other dependencies on gcj!

Are all these dependencies really necessary?

$ sudo yum install openoffice.org-writer
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package openoffice.org-writer.i386 1:2.3.0-6.11.fc8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libuno_sal.so.3(UDK_3_0_0) for package:
openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libuno_cppu.so.3 for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libstlport_gcc.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3(UDK_3_0_0) for package:
openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libsw680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libucbhelper4gcc3.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libsvt680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libsvx680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libuno_sal.so.3(UDK_3.3) for package:
openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libuno_cppu.so.3(UDK_3_0_0) for package:
openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libsvl680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libcomphelp4gcc3.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libtk680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libvcl680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libxo680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libso680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libuno_sal.so.3 for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: openoffice.org-core = 1:2.3.0-6.11.fc8 for package:
openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libsfx680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libsb680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libutl680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libtl680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libsot680li.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3 for package:
openoffice.org-writer
--> Processing Dependency: libsoffice.so for package: openoffice.org-writer
--> Running transaction check
---> Package openoffice.org-core.i386 1:2.3.0-6.11.fc8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xalan-j2 for package: openoffice.org-core
--> Processing Dependency: bsh for package: openoffice.org-core
--> Processing Dependency: hsqldb for package: openoffice.org-core
--> Processing Dependency: xerces-j2 for package: openoffice.org-core
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xalan-j2.i386 0:2.7.0-6jpp.1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: java-gcj-compat for package: xalan-j2
---> Package hsqldb.i386 1:1.8.0.8-1jpp.5.fc8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: servletapi5 for package: hsqldb
--> Processing Dependency: servletapi5 for package: hsqldb
---> Package xerces-j2.i386 0:2.7.1-7jpp.2 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xml-commons-resolver >= 1.1 for package: xerces-j2
---> Package bsh.i386 0:1.3.0-9jpp.2 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: bsf for package: bsh
--> Running transaction check
---> Package java-1.5.0-gcj.i386 0:1.5.0.0-17.fc8 set to be updated
filelists.sqlite.bz2      100% |=========================| 2.4 MB    00:06     
filelists.sqlite.bz2      100% |=========================| 206 kB    00:02     
filelists.sqlite.bz2      100% |=========================| 3.3 MB    00:05     
--> Processing Dependency: sinjdoc for package: java-1.5.0-gcj
---> Package xml-commons-resolver.i386 0:1.1-1jpp.12 set to be updated
---> Package tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api.i386 0:5.5.25-3jpp.1.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package bsf.i386 0:2.3.0-11jpp.1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api for package: bsf
--> Running transaction check
---> Package tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api.i386 0:5.5.25-3jpp.1.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package sinjdoc.i386 0:0.5-4.fc7 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: java_cup >= 0.10 for package: sinjdoc
--> Running transaction check
---> Package java_cup.i386 1:0.10-0.k.6jpp.1 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 openoffice.org-writer   i386       1:2.3.0-6.11.fc8  updates           3.1 M
Installing for dependencies:
 bsf                     i386       2.3.0-11jpp.1    fedora            335 k
 bsh                     i386       1.3.0-9jpp.2     fedora            557 k
 hsqldb                  i386       1:1.8.0.8-1jpp.5.fc8  updates           1.6 M
 java-1.5.0-gcj          i386       1.5.0.0-17.fc8   fedora            119 k
 java_cup                i386       1:0.10-0.k.6jpp.1  fedora            180 k
 openoffice.org-core     i386       1:2.3.0-6.11.fc8  updates            82 M
 sinjdoc                 i386       0.5-4.fc7        fedora            822 k
 tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api     i386       5.5.25-3jpp.1.fc8  updates            91 k
 tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api  i386       5.5.25-3jpp.1.fc8  updates           142 k
 xalan-j2                i386       2.7.0-6jpp.1     fedora            2.7 M
 xerces-j2               i386       2.7.1-7jpp.2     fedora            1.9 M
 xml-commons-resolver    i386       1.1-1jpp.12      fedora            148 k

The direct requirements on bsf, hsqldb etc are truly required by OOo. Their own
further dependencies on gcj aren't under my control but of the particular
packages themselves.

openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.12.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.12.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update openoffice.org'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-2552

openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.13.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.14.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.14.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.