[arch-general] Problems updating java

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2014-10-23 at 17:03 +0200, Gerhard Kugler wrote:
> if I type "pacman Syu" I get messages like "java-runtime-common:
> /usr/bin/java exists ..." and "java-environment-common:
> /usr/bin/appletviewer exists ..." and because of that error nothing
> is upgraded. Regardless of my answer to questions about alternatives
> in java packages.

Java users: manual intervention required before upgrade

https://www.archlinux.org/

Java: Aktualisierung erfordert manuelle Eingriffe

https://www.archlinux.de/

The German explanation comes with a mistake, "$" should be "#".