RHEA-2011:0727 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new system-switch-java package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6.

Description

The system-switch-java package provides a tool that allows you to select the
Java environment you want to use from the list of the installed Java
alternatives. The tool supports a graphical user interface (GUI) and text user
interface (TUI) mode.

This enhancement update adds the system-switch-java package to Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6. (BZ#663322)

All users who require system-switch-java should install this new package.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 663322 - system-switch-java is missing from Supplementary

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)