567228 – No java plugin in firefox

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Bug 567228 - No java plugin in firefox

Summary: No java plugin in firefox

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias:	None
Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	java-1.6.0-openjdk
Sub Component:
Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	low
Severity:	high
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Martin Matejovic
QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:	F13Blocker, F13FinalBlocker
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2010-02-22 11:35 UTC by Nicolas Mailhot
Modified:	2010-03-23 23:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)
Fixed In Version:
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2010-03-15 09:32:03 UTC
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Description Nicolas Mailhot 2010-02-22 11:35:01 UTC

Description of problem:

The java plugin filename changed but alternative rules were not updated ; as a result it is no longer registered in firefox

java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1:1.6.0.0-34.b17.fc13.x86_64

$ ls -l /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so 
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 41 19 févr. 10:49 /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64

$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 64 19 févr. 10:49 /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so

$ rpm -ql java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaNPPlugin.so

Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2010-02-22 19:18:10 UTC

Confirmed here. It seems the spec file had the new name of the file added to the list that alternatives uses, but that's not enough: as long as the old name is still listed, alternatives will continue to use it, even if the file doesn't exist:

[root@adam F-13]# update-alternatives --display libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 - status is auto.
 link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so
/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so - priority 16000
/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/IcedTeaNPPlugin.so - priority 16000
Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so.

either the old name should be removed in %post, or the new name should be given a higher priority, I guess.



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Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2010-02-22 19:19:07 UTC

workaround is 'update-alternatives --config libjavaplugin.so.x86_64' (or .i586 or something on 32-bit, I guess) and then pick the appropriate option (should be 2).

Comment 3 Deepak Bhole 2010-02-23 02:34:58 UTC

Hmm, odd. The IcedTeaPlugin.so alternative should have gotten removed during upgrade.

Re-assigning to Fedora RPM owner.

Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2010-02-23 20:47:05 UTC

deepak: I only glanced at the spec, but it looks like there's nothing there to remove the old name, that I could see anyway.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2010-03-13 17:51:32 UTC

java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-33.b17.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-33.b17.fc11

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2010-03-13 17:53:46 UTC

java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-36.b17.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-36.b17.fc12

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2010-03-15 09:29:15 UTC

java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-35.b17.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-35.b17.fc13

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2010-03-16 00:40:58 UTC

java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-33.b17.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2010-03-16 00:45:04 UTC

java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-36.b17.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2010-03-23 23:27:41 UTC

java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-35.b17.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

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