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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: openjdk-7 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Openjdk installation pulls in needless GNOME 2 dependencies

Status in “openjdk-7” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Description:

  When installing version 7 of openjdk, lots of GNOME 2 dependencies are
  pulled in along with it. This clutters up a system with obsolete
  libraries.

  The problem is not present in openjdk-6.

  Version:

  Problem present in (at least) 12.04.2 and 13.04.

  Expectation:

  JRE/JDK installed with necessary libraries.

  Actual result:

  Old GNOME 2 libraries are installed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: openjdk-7-jre (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46~precise1-generic 3.5.7.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr 30 19:58:38 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: openjdk-7
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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