Support of .jinfo for udpate-java-alternatives tool

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+* To be done : 
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+(from java-pakage-0.42)
+- remove use of dpkg --print-architecture from plugin alternatives installation in install/remove scripts.
+- kinit, klist, and ktab not installed; handling of /etc/krb5.conf not addressed
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+(from Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>)
+- install into a multiarch location to allow installing the i386 client vm on amd64 and ia64. 
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+- make symbolic links for j2se/jre/bin/* in j2se/bin/ to avoid duplication
+- make symbolic links for j2se/jre/man/man1/* in j2se/man/man1 to avoid duplication
+- make symbolic links for j2se/jre/man/ja_JP.UTF-8 in j2se/man/ja to avoid duplication
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+* Main variables used in the scripts :
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+debian_dir : debian files dir during packaging, set by make-jpkg
+install_dir : package files dir during packaging, set by make-jpkg
+DEB_BUILD_ARCH = amd64, .., set by common.sh/get_architecture
+DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE = x86_64-linux-gnu, .., set by common.sh/get_architecture
+jvm_base : jvm package installation dir, set by make-jpkg
+javadoc_base : javadoc package installation dir, set by make-jpkg
+j2se_package : final package name, set by j2re/j2sdk/j2sdk-doc.sh
+j2se_name : name of installed package within jvm_base, set by j2re/j2sdk/j2sdk-doc.sh
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+j2se_install : name of function generating postinst script content, set by each_provider*-j2re/j2sdk/j2sdk-doc.sh
+j2se_remove : name of function generating prerm script content, set by each_provider*-j2re/j2sdk/j2sdk-doc.sh
+j2se_jinfo : name of function generating .jinfo file content, set by each_provider*-j2re/j2sdk/j2sdk-doc.sh
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