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With the recent update of java-1.8.0-openjdk, the expectations of the jpackage-utils tool are broken.

1) /usr/share/java-1.8.0 does not exist
2) /var/lib/java-1.8.0 does not exist
3) version string from 'java -v' has changed from 'java' to 'openjdk' in first line of output (and jpackage-utils parses expecting java):

$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_45"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b13)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)



RPMS:

java-1.5.0-gcj.x86_64                 1.5.0.0-29.1.el6       
java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64             1:1.8.0.45-28.b13.el6_6           
java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless.x86_64    1:1.8.0.45-28.b13.el6_6

CC'ing Mikolaj who maintains the Fedora counterpart of jpackage-utils (javapackages-tools).

Mikolaj, do you know which patches added support for OpenJDK 8 to jpackages-tools? Are those safe to port to RHEL 6's jpackage-utils?

#3 isn't going to change; we discussed this upstream and they mentioned legal issues with using 'java' there. If anything, there's a stronger case for changing 1.6 & 1.7.

Looks like the fix is documented completely in bug 982683.

(In reply to Eric Helms from comment #0)
> With the recent update of java-1.8.0-openjdk, the expectations of the
> jpackage-utils tool are broken.

Any suggestions on how to confirm if a fix is working?

This was already fixed for RHEL 6.7: bug 1149605.

IN that case, this should be closed as a duplicate. If the fix is needed sooner, a z-stream bug needs to be cloned from bug 1149605.

As a feature, this is not eligible for a fix in RHEL 6.6. Please use 6.7 instead.