Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alon Bar-Lev <alonbl@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Java VM and SDK: icedtea X oracle's
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:37:47
Message-Id: CAOazyz3T-b7NNuJfGt51Fv58jrOYPOcGZ=S_-B9suPK2mO9ueA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Java VM and SDK: icedtea X oracle's by Francisco Ares
1 Set the following for now:
2
3 /etc/portage/package.mask/java.conf
4 ---
5 dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin
6 >=virtual/jdk-1.8.0
7 >=virtual/jre-1.8.0
8 ---
9
10 I am unsure why none free alternatives were added before the free
11 alternatives.
12
13 Regards,
14 Alon
15
16 On 22 April 2015 at 16:34, Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com> wrote:
17
18 > Hi.
19 >
20 > A few months ago I got rid of oracle's java jre and jdk in favor of
21 > icedtea.
22 >
23 > Now, when issuing an "emerge -tpvuDN world", oracle's jre is about to be
24 > installed again on this system:
25 >
26 > "
27 > ...
28 > [nomerge ] dev-java/jdom-1.0-r4:1.0 USE="-doc -examples -source"
29 > [nomerge ] dev-java/jdom-jaxen-1.0-r1:1.0
30 > [nomerge ] dev-java/jaxen-1.1.1:1.1 USE="-doc -examples -source
31 > {-test}"
32 > [nomerge ] dev-java/dom4j-1.6.1-r4:1 USE="-doc -source {-test}"
33 > [nomerge ] dev-java/xpp2-2.1.10-r1 USE="-doc -source"
34 > [nomerge ] dev-java/xerces-2.11.0:2 USE="-doc -examples
35 > -source"
36 > [nomerge ] dev-java/xml-commons-resolver-1.2 USE="-doc
37 > -source"
38 > [ebuild NS ] virtual/jre-1.7.0:1.7 [1.6.0-r1:1.6] 0 KiB
39 > [ebuild NS ] virtual/jdk-1.7.0:1.7 [1.6.0-r2:1.6] 0 KiB
40 > [ebuild N F ] dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin-1.7.0.80:1.7 USE="X
41 > alsa fontconfig nsplugin (-aqua) -derby -doc -examples -jce -pax_kernel
42 > (-selinux) -source" 149.933 KiB
43 > ...
44 > "
45 >
46 > Looking for packages that need jdom as a dependency, and after a chain of
47 > "equery d" commands, icedtea-bin itself, on its own dependency chain, needs
48 > jdom, which, in turn, needs oracle-jdk-bin.
49 >
50 > Is there a way around this?
51 >
52 > Thanks!
53 > Francisco
54 >

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Java VM and SDK: icedtea X oracle's Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com>