Bug 987687 - java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.45 fails to update /etc/alternatives
Summary: java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.45 fails to update /etc/alternatives
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: java-1.6.0-sun
Version: 5.8
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: jiri vanek
QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-07-23 21:40 UTC by Alan Mikolajczuk
Modified: 2013-07-24 10:51 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-07-24 04:58:39 UTC
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Description Alan Mikolajczuk 2013-07-23 21:40:19 UTC
Description of problem:

After installing java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.45-1jpp.1.el5_9.i586.rpm and java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.45-1jpp.1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm the following are missing from /etc/alternatives 
  - controlpanel
  - javaws
  - javaws.1.gz
  - libjavaplugin.so
  - libjavaplugin.so.x86_64

Browsing to websites using Firefox that require the Java plug-in or Java Web Start will result in an error.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.45

How reproducible:
Update java-1.6.0-sun from update 43 to update 45

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpm -Uvh java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.45-1jpp.1.el5_9.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.45-1jpp.1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.45-1jpp.1.el5_9.i586.rpm java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.45-1jpp.1.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
2.
3.

Actual results:

/etc/alternatives is not updated.
Browsing to websites using Firefox that require the Java plug-in or Java Web Start will result in an error.

Expected results:

/etc/alternatives is updated.
Browsing to websites using Firefox that require the Java plug-in or Java Web Start will will work.

Additional info:

Comment 1 jiri vanek 2013-07-24 04:58:39 UTC
I'm afraid this is intentional - see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=913659 (and same for rhel 5)


As you may not be able to view this bug  little summary:
Oracle jdk6 have "EOLed" (ended support) since February 2013.
Although we are keeping it as alive as possible, the plugin, when proper fixing from upstream is stopped, is open security hole into your system. So the links were forcibly removed during installation.

However the plugin is still physically  available, so if you feel strong enough you can add the link  on your own risk. 

Correct approach would be to use java-1.7.0-openjdk + icedtea-web (opensource replacement for plugin/javaws)


If you need some help with icedtea-web, or insists on enabling proprietary jdk6's plugin, feel free to ask in this bug.

Comment 2 Lukáš Zachar 2013-07-24 08:52:22 UTC
Just adding few references:

This change happened in http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0666.html advisory.
Suggested alternatives are covered in https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/314713

Comment 3 Alan Mikolajczuk 2013-07-24 10:51:14 UTC
Thank you for the information.


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