icedtea-java7-jdk missing javaws man page

icedtea-java7 has been removed from Hardy archive (see bug #203636). Can you reproduce this with openjdk-6 ? Please remove all icedtea-java7 packages before testing.

OK, but there's still no man page. Did *you* try it?

$ apt-show-versions | grep icedtea-java7
$ apt-show-versions | grep openjdk
openjdk-6-jdk/hardy uptodate 6b07-0ubuntu1
openjdk-6-jre/hardy uptodate 6b07-0ubuntu1
openjdk-6-jre-headless/hardy uptodate 6b07-0ubuntu1
openjdk-6-jre-lib/hardy uptodate 6b07-0ubuntu1
$ sudo update-alternatives --config javaws

There are 2 alternatives which provide `javaws'.

  Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
 + 1 /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/javaws
* 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
$ man javaws
man: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/javaws.1.gz is a dangling symlink
No manual entry for javaws
See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available.
$ ls -l /usr/share/man/man1/javaws.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2008-03-24 07:47 /usr/share/man/man1/javaws.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/javaws.1.gz

After installing openjdk-6-jdk, openjdk-6-doc and depends, there's no /etc/alternatives/javaws.1.gz in my system. Possibly an orphaned alternative from icedtea-java7 packages ?

From j2re1.4, I think.

$ apt-show-versions j2re1.4
j2re1.4/hardy uptodate 1.4.2.02-1
$ sudo update-alternatives --auto javaws
$ man javaws | head -1
javaws(1) javaws(1)
$ sudo update-alternatives --config javaws

There are 2 alternatives which provide `javaws'.

  Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/javaws
          2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 2
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws' to provide 'javaws'.
$ man javaws | head -1
man: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/javaws.1.gz is a dangling symlink

But for me, the point of this bug is really that javaws needs a man page.

Right, assigning to openjdk-6.

This bug was fixed in the package openjdk-6 - 6b08-0ubuntu1

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openjdk-6 (6b08-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New code drop (b08).
  * Update IcedTea build infrastructure.
  * Move binfmt-support references from -jre to -jre-headless package.
  * Don't fail on purge, if /var/lib/binfmts/openjdk-6 is missing. LP: #206721.
  * Only use the basename for icons in desktop files. LP: #207413.
  * Install javaws(1). LP: #191297.
  * Install a wrapper script for javaws, which calls `javaws -viewer' if no
    arguments are given (or else starting javaws from the desktop menu
    would not do anything).
  * debian/JB-web-start.applications.in: Remove the -viewer option from command.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:10:32 +0000