>>>>> "Per" == per <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Per> Juergen Kreileder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Our Java 2 packages use a extension directory /usr/lib/j2re1.3/ext (and
>> /usr/lib/j2re1.3/$(ARCH)/lib). The packages for Java3D, JAI and JMF
>> install into those directories.
>>
>> Additionally we add /usr/share/java/repository to CLASSPATH but in
>> general I would prefer a strictly extension directory based approach.
>> It would be quite easy to add a support for a second extension
>> directory.
Per> You could make /usr/lib/j2re1.3/ext and
Per> /usr/lib/j2re1.3/$(ARCH)/lib be symlinks to /usr/share/java
Per> and /usr/lib/java respectively (or whatever becomes the
Per> policy). It is seems better to have a single extensions
Per> directory (pair), rather than two.
I agree with that but there is a problem with native libraries: Our
extension libraries are linked against the J2SE library names and some
even require a complete Java2 v1.3 implementation (e.g. Java3D needs
libjawt.so from 1.3).
Juergen
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