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ansiblebit / oracle-java

Ansible role to install Oracle Java 8/11 on Debian and RedHat based distributions.
https://galaxy.ansible.com/ansiblebit/oracle-java/
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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debian: mimic redhat installation strategy #14

Open staylorx opened 8 years ago

staylorx commented 8 years ago

I was updating a RedHat server and the latest JDK7 updated as expected, set itself as latest and default (as expected since I set that flag). However, it removed the existing JDK version. It still works for what I need it to do but I expected the new JDK would be set as latest and the old version would remain.

Thanks for all the hard work. Steve

steenzout commented 8 years ago

@staylorx for Debian-based systems I believe the packaging is done differently so I can have 2 versions and the default makes sense.

on RedHat systems I'm installing a RPM so installing a newer version will replace the older one. I'd need to use a tarball and make some extra configs to support multiple versions.

staylorx commented 8 years ago

I think I went down a path with the set-default flag thinking that might keep the older one. But I get it now. Thanks for jumping on this so quickly. Amazing.

steenzout commented 8 years ago

It's a valid point and I'll keep the issue open. I'll probably release a v5 version of this role that just uses tarball and installer (which means it would work for all platforns, even Mac). Problem is time to do it :)

pjmorr commented 8 years ago

Will you (did you) keep a flag if you actually want it to remove older versions?

steenzout commented 8 years ago

No. I believe it requires a new implementation of this role that doesn't use a debian package to install JDK and it's not a priority for me. Feel free to make a pull request and I'll check it out.