On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 17:37, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 04:40:11PM -0400, Michael R Head wrote:
> > Which is something that Unix users have been able to do since the dawn of > time, in a more generic way, with a different environment variable (namely > PATH). I agree 100%. However, this is a feature provided by using JAVA_HOME and not by alternatives. > > I don't follow. To use a package with a particular JDK, you point it to > that particular JDK. alternatives provide a list of available JDKs, as well > as a default for the system. It provides a list of jdks that the system administrator decided to enter into the alternatives database. This won't (at the very least) include user installed JDKs. > > What do is missing that can't be addressed by alternatives and PATH? Nothing at all. I was just trying to provide you with an example or two of how the alternatives tool _itself_ doesn't solve all the problems (which, I thought, is what you were asking for in the post I replied to). But let me point out that I was just playing devil's advocate to support Jan's point of view. I use alternatives to point to /usr/local/lib/java/bin/java and set JAVA_HOME to /usr/local/lib/java in my /etc/environment. This solves all my problems (and my users' problems, AFAIK) perfectly. mike > > -- > - mdz -- Michael R Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://suppressingfire.org/~burner/gpg.key.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
