JDK-5109119 : rpm: /usr/java/jdk1.5.0 erased during POSTUN script
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: install
  • Sub-Component: install
  • Affected Version: 5.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2004-09-29
  • Updated: 2005-05-17
  • Resolved: 2005-05-17
Related Reports
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JDK-4887372 - J2RE v1.4.2 packaged as RedHat RPM does not own installed doc files.
Relates :  
JDK-5108313 - rpm: /usr/java/jdk1.5.0 erased during POSTUN script
Relates :  
JDK-6186146 - Linux installation docs and RPM installation process disagree
Description
I just installed a jdk-1.5.0 (build 1.5.0-b64) rpm.

After installation /usr/java/jdk1.5.0 was missing.  I suspect that the problem is lines like "rm -rf /usr/java/jdk1.5.0" in the POSTUN script.  I used the -U option to rpm.

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Comments
WORK AROUND To upgrade from one build to the next build use the following workaround. Instead of... rpm -U $package Simply use... rpm -e $package rpm -i $package Implementing this feature would save scripters one line of code. Insufficient customer requests to justify the amount of work required at this time. The work to implement this feature is more complex than meets the eye. ###@###.### 2004-09-30
30-09-2004