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[Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Source: openjdk-7
Version: 7u71-2.5.3-1
Severity: normal

Hi.

The OpenJDKs (not only 7, but also 6 and 8) seem to create
/etc/.java/ during installation/upgrade.

There is already an /etc/java and it's really bad style
to put any dot-directories into /etc.

Is there any need for doing this an can't this be changed
to use /etc/java ?

Cheers,
Chris.


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