Bug 200593

Summary:	dev-java/sun-jmx should be a virtual pointing to sun-jre-bin or sun-jdk versions 5 and 6.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jon <scruggsj>
Component:	[OLD] Java	Assignee:	Java team <java>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	InVCS
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/core/mntr-mgmt/javamanagement/
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	93427, 177429

Description Jon 2007-11-28 05:08:34 UTC

The package log4j and possibly others that depend on the sun-jmx package pull in a package that needs to be downloaded from sun servers due to restrictions in the license. However, in the URL that I pasted for this bug report it mentions that java platforms 5 and 6 contain JMX so this package is useless now. It can be eliminated and replaced with a virtual or something else. If a person uses any java version less than 5 then they need the JMX package, but I don't see any reason to use less than version 5 except for really old software.

Please fix this so programs do not need to depend on a fetch restricted file. Sun changed the license so that java can be downloaded without a manual fetch and it contains jmx, so this just needs to be changed. I know log4j is one program depending on this via use flag and I think that use flag is there only because of the fetch restriction, but now if version 5 or better of java is detected, then there is no need for a use flag and jmx can be enabled automatically because jmx will already be available. At least to me it makes sense.

Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-28 07:30:33 UTC

By some TV magic...

There will be a new release of java-config-2 that does just this.   we are planning on having a java-virtuals/jmx to allow for this.

Comment 2 Balint Dobai-Pataky 2008-02-15 09:01:31 UTC

is there a way to emerge hibernate without messing with sun-jmx?
hibernate depends on =dev-java/swarmcache-1*
dev-java/swarmcache-1.0_pre20050106-r1 depends on >=dev-java/jgroups-2.2.7
dev-java/jgroups-2.4.1_p1-r1 depends on dev-java/sun-jmx

should i keep a modified jgroups ebuild in a local tree?

Comment 3 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-02-15 19:35:06 UTC

I will attempt to update the hibernate ebuilds this weekend to close this bug.  Especially seeing that java-config-2.1.4 is being stabilised

Comment 4 Petteri Räty (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-28 21:02:12 UTC

There is now a java-virtuals/jmx in the tree.