Oooh--I'll answer this! On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 05:03:32PM -0500, Joe Phillips wrote: > I've seen package after package (mine included) depend on a > JAVA_HOME environment variable set somewhere, in some script. > Most packages seem to use a config file or init-script to define a > local JAVA_HOME. Source packages often have JAVA_HOME coded into > debian/rules.
Any package that depends on JAVA_HOME should be taken out and shot. Or, more politely, when it is packaged for Debian, those portions should be excised. > I'm wondering if there's a better way to handle JAVA_HOME. Figure out what these packages really "need" JAVA_HOME for, and figure out how we can provide that in a general way, that can be supported by all java implementations (with emphasis on the free ones). Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
