• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Priority: Major
• Component/s: packaging
• Labels:

  • regression
• Environment:

  debian/ubuntu

[JENKINS-51253] jenkins_2.107.3_all.deb depends on java being installed but no longer has this explicit dependency

Mostyn Bramley-Moore created issue - 2018-05-10 20:26

Mostyn Bramley-Moore made changes - 2018-05-10 20:33

Description

Original: It seems that jenkins_2.107.3_all.deb no longer has an explicit dependency on default-jre-headless or java8-runtime-headless, which means jenkins installations are easily broken if "apt-get autoremove" is run (and it's generally good practice for debian/ubuntu admins to run this command periodically).   jenkins_2.107.2_all.deb and earlier had the correct dependency.

New: It seems that jenkins_2.107.3_all.deb no longer has an explicit dependency on default-jre-headless or java8-runtime-headless, which means jenkins installations are easily broken if "apt-get autoremove" is run (and it's generally good practice for debian/ubuntu admins to run this command periodically). jenkins_2.107.2_all.deb and earlier had the correct dependency. There is a comment on [https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian/] which suggests that this is intentional: {quote} You will need to explicitly install a Java runtime environment, *because Jenkins does not work with Java 9*, this is the safest way to ensure your system ends properly configured. Adding an explicit dependency requirement on Java could force installation of undesired versions of the JVM. Check JENKINS-40689 for more details about Jenkins and Java 9 compatibility. {quote}  ...but this seems wrong- the package should just depend on java8 packages specifically.

Oleg Nenashev made changes - 2018-05-11 09:18

Labels

New: regression

Daniel Beck made changes - 2018-06-02 00:45

Component/s		New: packaging [ 20120 ]
Component/s	Original: core [ 15593 ]

Daniel Beck made changes - 2018-06-02 00:45

Link

New: This issue is duplicated by JENKINS-51226 [ JENKINS-51226 ]

Mark Waite made changes - 2022-01-27 05:19

Resolution		New: Won't Fix [ 2 ]
Status	Original: Open [ 1 ]	New: Closed [ 6 ]