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AWS corretto documentation change

Service: corretto · 2025-06-19 · Documentation low

File: corretto/latest/corretto-21-ug/amazon-linux-install.md

Summary

Added documentation about alternative symlink paths and updated version numbers from 21.0.6 to 21.0.7

Security assessment

Symlink documentation is operational guidance. Version updates lack security-specific context.

Diff

diff --git a/corretto/latest/corretto-21-ug/amazon-linux-install.md b/corretto/latest/corretto-21-ug/amazon-linux-install.md
index 80e480541..3a6289b1f 100644
--- a//corretto/latest/corretto-21-ug/amazon-linux-install.md
+++ b//corretto/latest/corretto-21-ug/amazon-linux-install.md
@@ -36,0 +37,2 @@ The installation location is `/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-amazon-corretto.<cpu_arch>`.
+While it is recommended to use `/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-amazon-corretto.<cpu_arch>` location, installation may also add alternative links making installation location accessible via `/etc/alternatives/jre`, `/etc/alternatives/jre_21` and `/etc/alternatives/jre_21_openjdk` for JRE and `/etc/alternatives/java_sdk`, `/etc/alternatives/java_sdk_21` and `/etc/alternatives/java_sdk_21_openjdk` for JDK. The paths under `/etc/alternatives/` may point to another JDK depending on the packages installed and system configuration. 
+
@@ -55 +57 @@ In the terminal, run the following command to verify the installation.
-Expected output for 21.0.6: 
+Expected output for 21.0.7: 
@@ -58,3 +60,3 @@ Expected output for 21.0.6:
-    openjdk version "21.0.6" 2025-01-21 LTS
-    OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-21.0.6.7.1 (build 21.0.6+7-LTS)
-    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-21.0.6.7.1 (build 21.0.6+7-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)
+    openjdk version "21.0.7" 2025-04-15 LTS
+    OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-21.0.7.6.1 (build 21.0.7+6-LTS)
+    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-21.0.7.6.1 (build 21.0.7+6-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)