java-1_6_0-openjdk 64bit,java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel 32bit

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#1

I understand that for a long time there have been issues with 64bit Linux JDKs, but it is highly confusing that the java-1_6_0-openjdk package installs a 64bit jre, while the java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel package installs a 32bit jdk.

Also I’ve tried to follow the instructions on installing 64bit Java on openSUSE 11.1 - openSUSE Forums
to install directly from a Sun distribution, but I can’t figure out how to get a 64bit build from that site. The link from this page goes to a location that says that the build is now final and redirects to a page where there appears to be no mechanism to select 64bit vs 32bit

#2

How do you come to that conclusion? AFAICT the programs installed by java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel are 64-bit binaries.

E.g.

$ file /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0/bin/*
/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0/bin/appletviewer: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.4, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0/bin/apt: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.4, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0/bin/extcheck: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.4, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
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