Updating java-1.8.0-ibm from RHEL6 to RHEL7 ends up with broken symlinks
Issue
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After upgrading from RHEL 6 using
redhat-upgrade-tool, updatingjava-1.8.0-ibmprints a the primary link ... message# yum -y update java-1.8.0-ibm ... Updating : 1:java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64 1/2 the primary link for jce_1.8.0_ibm_local_policy.x86_64 must be /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-ibm.x86_64/lib/security/local_policy.jar Cleanup : 1:java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.2.el6_9.x86_64 2/2 Verifying : 1:java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7.x86_64 1/2 Verifying : 1:java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.2.el6_9.x86_64 2/2 ... -
Symbolic links being created point to non-existent paths
# for f in $(find /etc/alternatives /usr/lib/jvm /usr/lib/jvm-exports -maxdepth 1 -type l); do [ -e "$(readlink -f "$f")" ] || echo "$f"; done /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_ibm_local_policy.x86_64 /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_ibm_us_export_policy.x86_64 /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_ibm_limited_us_export_policy.x86_64 /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_ibm_limited_local_policy.x86_64 /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_ibm_unlimited_us_export_policy.x86_64 /etc/alternatives/jce_1.8.0_ibm_unlimited_local_policy.x86_64 /etc/alternatives/java /etc/alternatives/javaw /etc/alternatives/jcontrol /etc/alternatives/jdmpview /etc/alternatives/jextract /etc/alternatives/jjs /etc/alternatives/keytool /etc/alternatives/pack200 /etc/alternatives/policytool /etc/alternatives/rmid /etc/alternatives/rmiregistry /etc/alternatives/tnameserv /etc/alternatives/unpack200 /etc/alternatives/jre_exports /etc/alternatives/jre /etc/alternatives/jre_ibm /etc/alternatives/jre_ibm_exports /etc/alternatives/jre_1.8.0 /etc/alternatives/jre_1.8.0_exports /usr/lib/jvm/jre /usr/lib/jvm/jre-ibm /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0 /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-ibm /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-1.8.0
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- java-1.8.0-ibm
- redhat-upgrade-tool
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