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Re: which source package has the source for javac in openjdk?

  Hello,

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM, David Goodenough
<david.goodenough@linkchoose.co.uk> wrote:
> I am trying to debug a problem with an annotation processor, and I need
> to look at the source for javac to debug it.  Openjdk-6-source only contains
> the source for the runtime, and there seem to be no other source packages
> referenced so I am a bit lost as to where to look.

  What about:

  apt-get source openjdk-6-jre

  In Debian, there seldom is "binary packages" (ie .deb) that contain
source code, unless for some very specific and often hackish or
license-related issues. The above command gives you the source code
for any binary package you're interested in.

  Cheers,

      Vincent
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