RHEA-2009:0124 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

New java-1.6.0-openjdk packages that add various enhancements are now
available.

Description

These packages include the OpenJDK 6 Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6
Software Development Kit.

The OpenJDK 6 Runtime Environment (JRE) consists of the Java virtual
machine, the OpenJDK platform core classes and supporting files. It is the
runtime section of the OpenJDK 6 SDK, but without the development tools
such as compilers and debuggers.

The OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit (SDK) is a development environment
for building applications, and components that can be deployed on the Java
platform. The OpenJDK 6 SDK software includes tools useful for developing
and testing programs written in the Java programming language.

Updating to this latest release of the Java OpenJDK for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.3 includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements compared to
earlier versions.

The following packages that comprise the OpenJDK 1.6.0 release are included:

java-1.6.0-openjdk
java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src

Users of older java versions may install these new 1.6.0 packages in
parallel and switch between the new and old Java environments using the
alternatives tool, which is located at /usr/sbin/alternatives.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 459203 - Add OpenJDK to RHEL: java-1.6.0-openjdk

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)