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Description of problem: $ system-switch-java Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/system-switch-java", line 89, in <module> main() File "/usr/sbin/system-switch-java", line 50, in main java_identifiers, best_identifier = get_java_identifiers() File "/usr/share/system-switch-java/switch_java_functions.py", line 132, in get_java_identifiers best_identifier = java_identifiers[best] IndexError: list index out of range Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -q system-switch-java system-switch-java-1.1.5-3.fc15.noarch How reproducible: Always
Hi. Thanks for filing this issue. What is the output of "rpm -qa | grep -E ^java-" on the affected system?
$ rpm -qa | grep -E ^java- java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-61.1.10.4.fc16.x86_64 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.1-2.0.3.fc16.x86_64 java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-61.1.10.4.fc16.x86_64 java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.1-2.0.3.fc16.x86_64
Odd. I am unable to reproduce this locally with those same rpms on my system. Can you please also post the output of: alternatives --display java alternatives --display javac please?
Off course: # LANG=C alternatives --display java java - status is manual. link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java - priority 16000 slave keytool: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/keytool slave orbd: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/orbd slave pack200: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/pack200 slave rmid: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/rmid slave rmiregistry: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/rmiregistry slave servertool: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/servertool slave tnameserv: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/tnameserv slave unpack200: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/unpack200 slave jre_exports: /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64 slave jre: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64 slave java.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/java-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave keytool.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/keytool-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave orbd.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/orbd-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave pack200.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/pack200-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave rmid.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/rmid-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave rmiregistry.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/rmiregistry-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave servertool.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/servertool-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave tnameserv.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/tnameserv-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave unpack200.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/unpack200-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java - priority 17000 slave keytool: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/keytool slave orbd: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/orbd slave pack200: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/pack200 slave rmid: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/rmid slave rmiregistry: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/rmiregistry slave servertool: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/servertool slave tnameserv: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/tnameserv slave unpack200: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/unpack200 slave jre_exports: /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 slave jre: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 slave java.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/java-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave keytool.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/keytool-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave orbd.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/orbd-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave pack200.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/pack200-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave rmid.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/rmid-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave rmiregistry.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/rmiregistry-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave servertool.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/servertool-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave tnameserv.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/tnameserv-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave unpack200.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/unpack200-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz /usr/java/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/java - priority 20000 slave keytool: (null) slave orbd: (null) slave pack200: (null) slave rmid: (null) slave rmiregistry: (null) slave servertool: (null) slave tnameserv: (null) slave unpack200: (null) slave jre_exports: (null) slave jre: (null) slave java.1.gz: (null) slave keytool.1.gz: (null) slave orbd.1.gz: (null) slave pack200.1.gz: (null) slave rmid.1.gz: (null) slave rmiregistry.1.gz: (null) slave servertool.1.gz: (null) slave tnameserv.1.gz: (null) slave unpack200.1.gz: (null) /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_01/jre/bin/java - priority 20005 slave keytool: (null) slave orbd: (null) slave pack200: (null) slave rmid: (null) slave rmiregistry: (null) slave servertool: (null) slave tnameserv: (null) slave unpack200: (null) slave jre_exports: (null) slave jre: (null) slave java.1.gz: (null) slave keytool.1.gz: (null) slave orbd.1.gz: (null) slave pack200.1.gz: (null) slave rmid.1.gz: (null) slave rmiregistry.1.gz: (null) slave servertool.1.gz: (null) slave tnameserv.1.gz: (null) slave unpack200.1.gz: (null) Current `best' version is /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_01/jre/bin/java. [root@hubbitus ~]# LANG=C alternatives --display javac javac - status is manual. link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javac /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javac - priority 17000 slave appletviewer: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/appletviewer slave apt: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/apt slave extcheck: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/extcheck slave jar: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jar slave jarsigner: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jarsigner slave javadoc: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javadoc slave javah: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javah slave javap: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javap slave jconsole: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jconsole slave jdb: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jdb slave jhat: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jhat slave jinfo: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jinfo slave jmap: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jmap slave jps: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jps slave jrunscript: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jrunscript slave jsadebugd: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jsadebugd slave jstack: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jstack slave jstat: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jstat slave jstatd: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jstatd slave native2ascii: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/native2ascii slave policytool: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/policytool slave rmic: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/rmic slave schemagen: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/schemagen slave serialver: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/serialver slave wsgen: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/wsgen slave wsimport: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/wsimport slave xjc: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/xjc slave java_sdk_exports: /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 slave java_sdk: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 slave appletviewer.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/appletviewer-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave apt.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/apt-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave extcheck.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/extcheck-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jar.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jar-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jarsigner.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jarsigner-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave javac.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/javac-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave javadoc.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/javadoc-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave javah.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/javah-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave javap.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/javap-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jconsole.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jconsole-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jdb.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jdb-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jhat.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jhat-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jinfo.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jinfo-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jmap.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jmap-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jps.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jps-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jrunscript.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jrunscript-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jsadebugd.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jsadebugd-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jstack.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jstack-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jstat.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jstat-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jstatd.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jstatd-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave native2ascii.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/native2ascii-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave policytool.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/policytool-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave rmic.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/rmic-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave schemagen.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/schemagen-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave serialver.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/serialver-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave wsgen.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/wsgen-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave wsimport.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/wsimport-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz slave xjc.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/xjc-java-1.7.0-openjdk.1.gz /usr/java/jdk1.7.0/bin/javac - priority 20000 slave appletviewer: (null) slave apt: (null) slave extcheck: (null) slave jar: (null) slave jarsigner: (null) slave javadoc: (null) slave javah: (null) slave javap: (null) slave jconsole: (null) slave jdb: (null) slave jhat: (null) slave jinfo: (null) slave jmap: (null) slave jps: (null) slave jrunscript: (null) slave jsadebugd: (null) slave jstack: (null) slave jstat: (null) slave jstatd: (null) slave native2ascii: (null) slave policytool: (null) slave rmic: (null) slave schemagen: (null) slave serialver: (null) slave wsgen: (null) slave wsimport: (null) slave xjc: (null) slave java_sdk_exports: (null) slave java_sdk: (null) slave appletviewer.1.gz: (null) slave apt.1.gz: (null) slave extcheck.1.gz: (null) slave jar.1.gz: (null) slave jarsigner.1.gz: (null) slave javac.1.gz: (null) slave javadoc.1.gz: (null) slave javah.1.gz: (null) slave javap.1.gz: (null) slave jconsole.1.gz: (null) slave jdb.1.gz: (null) slave jhat.1.gz: (null) slave jinfo.1.gz: (null) slave jmap.1.gz: (null) slave jps.1.gz: (null) slave jrunscript.1.gz: (null) slave jsadebugd.1.gz: (null) slave jstack.1.gz: (null) slave jstat.1.gz: (null) slave jstatd.1.gz: (null) slave native2ascii.1.gz: (null) slave policytool.1.gz: (null) slave rmic.1.gz: (null) slave schemagen.1.gz: (null) slave serialver.1.gz: (null) slave wsgen.1.gz: (null) slave wsimport.1.gz: (null) slave xjc.1.gz: (null) /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javac - priority 16000 slave appletviewer: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/appletviewer slave apt: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/apt slave extcheck: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/extcheck slave jar: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jar slave jarsigner: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jarsigner slave javadoc: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javadoc slave javah: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javah slave javap: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javap slave jconsole: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jconsole slave jdb: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jdb slave jhat: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jhat slave jinfo: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jinfo slave jmap: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jmap slave jps: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jps slave jrunscript: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jrunscript slave jsadebugd: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jsadebugd slave jstack: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jstack slave jstat: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jstat slave jstatd: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/jstatd slave native2ascii: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/native2ascii slave policytool: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/policytool slave rmic: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/rmic slave schemagen: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/schemagen slave serialver: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/serialver slave wsgen: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/wsgen slave wsimport: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/wsimport slave xjc: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/xjc slave java_sdk_exports: /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64 slave java_sdk: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64 slave appletviewer.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/appletviewer-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave apt.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/apt-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave extcheck.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/extcheck-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jar.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jar-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jarsigner.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jarsigner-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave javac.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/javac-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave javadoc.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/javadoc-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave javah.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/javah-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave javap.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/javap-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jconsole.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jconsole-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jdb.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jdb-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jhat.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jhat-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jinfo.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jinfo-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jmap.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jmap-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jps.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jps-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jrunscript.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jrunscript-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jsadebugd.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jsadebugd-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jstack.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jstack-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jstat.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jstat-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave jstatd.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/jstatd-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave native2ascii.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/native2ascii-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave policytool.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/policytool-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave rmic.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/rmic-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave schemagen.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/schemagen-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave serialver.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/serialver-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave wsgen.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/wsgen-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave wsimport.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/wsimport-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz slave xjc.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/xjc-java-1.6.0-openjdk.1.gz /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_01/bin/javac - priority 20005 slave appletviewer: (null) slave apt: (null) slave extcheck: (null) slave jar: (null) slave jarsigner: (null) slave javadoc: (null) slave javah: (null) slave javap: (null) slave jconsole: (null) slave jdb: (null) slave jhat: (null) slave jinfo: (null) slave jmap: (null) slave jps: (null) slave jrunscript: (null) slave jsadebugd: (null) slave jstack: (null) slave jstat: (null) slave jstatd: (null) slave native2ascii: (null) slave policytool: (null) slave rmic: (null) slave schemagen: (null) slave serialver: (null) slave wsgen: (null) slave wsimport: (null) slave xjc: (null) slave java_sdk_exports: (null) slave java_sdk: (null) slave appletviewer.1.gz: (null) slave apt.1.gz: (null) slave extcheck.1.gz: (null) slave jar.1.gz: (null) slave jarsigner.1.gz: (null) slave javac.1.gz: (null) slave javadoc.1.gz: (null) slave javah.1.gz: (null) slave javap.1.gz: (null) slave jconsole.1.gz: (null) slave jdb.1.gz: (null) slave jhat.1.gz: (null) slave jinfo.1.gz: (null) slave jmap.1.gz: (null) slave jps.1.gz: (null) slave jrunscript.1.gz: (null) slave jsadebugd.1.gz: (null) slave jstack.1.gz: (null) slave jstat.1.gz: (null) slave jstatd.1.gz: (null) slave native2ascii.1.gz: (null) slave policytool.1.gz: (null) slave rmic.1.gz: (null) slave schemagen.1.gz: (null) slave serialver.1.gz: (null) slave wsgen.1.gz: (null) slave wsimport.1.gz: (null) slave xjc.1.gz: (null) Current `best' version is /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_01/bin/javac.
Sorry, this one mistakenly fell off my radar. It is looking increasingly as though your alternatives db is corrupt. Can you please attach /var/lib/alternatives/java?
Created attachment 556695 [details] requested /var/lib/alternatives/java Sure
Looks like an error in the installation of the proprietary jdk via alternatives. A lot of the elements are null inclusing something critical that was likely missed. The best way would be to run rpm -q --scripts java-1.7.0-openjdk and rpm -q --scripts java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel and replicate what they do in %post with the appropriate path replacements.
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