[arch-general] java: cannot execute - too many levels of symbolic links

[Guillaume ALAUX]

On 9 September 2014 10:50, Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Guillaume ALAUX <guillaume at archlinux.org> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
>> Guillaume here (packager of that "piece of crap" java-common).
>
> I did not say that ...
>
>> This issue and its fix were already reported here [0] and discussed on
>> the forum here [1] several days ago.
>>
>> [0] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=186640
>> [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41826
>
> yes, I should have checked the forum first, I know ...
>
> Would it be technically possible to have a kind or read-only Gmane group
> that reflects all new posts in the forum as well as all new bug-reports?
> Similar to systems that track new commits to a git repo or so - just
> keep people informed about whats going on, bundling info from several
> places in one single place?
>
> In contrast to other groups/mailing lists, following the arch.general
> group doesn't help very much in staying up to date with reported
> problems or bugs.
>
> --
> cheers,
> Thorsten

> I did not say that ...
No that was not for you :)

About the "Gmane": that is another topic. You may want to start a new
thread about that (FYI there already is on each package page, a link
to the source files, commits and bug reports for this package along
with a link to a search on the wiki – no link to the forum though)
[0].

[0] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/java-common/