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[Matthias Klose <doko@xxxxxxxxxx>]

no, both packages have to be present, it's just a split to have on
package architecture independent.

we have to check how/if openjdk-6-jre-headless works without the bridge.

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libaccess-bridge-java-jni recommendation pulls X libraries in a -headless install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395074
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Status in “java-access-bridge” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
openjdk-6-jre-headless depends on libaccess-bridge-java, which recommends libaccess-bridge-java-jni, which depends on multiple graphical libraries (libglib2.0-0, libgtk2.0-0...)

This ends up pulling 12Mb of extra libraries on a jre-headless install on a server, and jeopardizes the EucalyptusFitOnCdSpec objectives.

A solution could be to have:
* libaccess-bridge-java SUGGEST libaccess-bridge-java-jni
* openjdk-6-jre RECOMMEND libaccess-bridge-java-jni
That way you would get it installed on -jre and not installed on -jre-headless.

I'm not sure it makes sense from a java-access-bridge perspective, though ?