Hallo Jan, --- Jan Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo Dalibor, > > * Dalibor Topic wrote: > >> I much for this, but it will need 'protection', so that this system > >> prevents to mistake kaffe for a sun compatible JVM-1.4. > >Could you elaborate on this one, as in give an example where kaffe can be > >mistaken for Sun's JVM 1.4 why such protection is needed? > > /usr/bin/java -> Currently it is the default way to access java and it > can be provided by sablevm, kaffe, gcj, BD packages or mpkg-j2sdk made > packages: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian/RPM/SOURCES$ update-alternatives --list java > /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4/bin/java > /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-3.0 > /usr/lib/kaffe/bin/java > /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java > /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/java > /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-bd/bin/java > > As it is know to be that 'unprotected', every package sonly uses it as > a fallback after consulting JAVA_HOME.
I still don't see the harm by kaffe providing a java wrapper script. But what about /usr/bin/java not being provided by the VM packages, and just being a wrapper script that delegates the call to a working, installed VM as I proposed in another mail? cheers, dalibor topic __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
