FS#20907 - jre package does not update PATH variable

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Etienne Lepercq (guepe) - Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 18:25 GMT
Last edited by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 18:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
After installing jre package (i686 platform) the PATH variable is not updated to add /opt/java/jre/bin

Additional info:
* package version(s)
6u21-1
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
- install community/jre
- try to find java in PATH : cannot be found

Simply adding in /etc/profile (for all users) the right path solves the problem
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Closed by  Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123)
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 18:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  booyakasha
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 18:35 GMT
after installing jre/jdk you are supposed to relogin to take in consideration /etc/profile.d/{jre.sh,jdk.sh}
Comment by Etienne Lepercq (guepe) - Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 18:44 GMT
Hmm ok, I tried and it works well : would it be possible to add a short message at the very end of the package installation to mention that ?

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