1. Install released JRE (j2re-1.5.0-beta) (rpm)
2. Install JRE Build50      (jre-1.5.0-beta2) (rpm) 
3. rpm -e j2re-1.5.0-beta2
4. rpm -e jre-1.5.0-beta2
Error Messages displayed 
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/mime-info/java-web-start.keys': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/mime-info/java-web-start.mime': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/application-registry/java-web-start.applications': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/mime-info/java-archive.keys': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/mime-info/java-archive.mime': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/application-registry/java-archive.applications': No such file or directory

  xxxxx@xxxxx   2004-05-07
  xxxxx@xxxxx   2004-06-22

N/A

These error messages are due to the new directory names related to the name change.  Beta 1 was released before we even knew there was going to be a name change, it does not know to look for a JRE/JDK in the new directories.  Because of this, when Beta 1 is removed, it removes several GNOME files that are still in use by the newer Beta 2 install.

There is no way to fix Beta 1, since it is out the door.  All builds since b50 have the appropriate code to test for both the old and new JRE/JDK directory names when uninstalling, so there is no change required there.  However, it wouldn't hurt to make sure the GNOME files actually exist before trying to remove them.

  xxxxx@xxxxx   2004-06-02