[following on from thread re placement of jni libs and jar files. Original thread: ]
In answer to the suggestion of having a java-gnome-conf script generated at install time so that users of the library can determine where jni files and jar files are located on the current distribution: I think this is a bad idea - it adds unnecessary complexity. For example, all native applications (non-java) choose to place all libraries in /usr/lib -- they must have had similar discussions about this a long time ago. Why should java be different? I propose that jni libs should go in /usr/lib/jni (as is standard for Debian) and JVMs should be modified to look in /usr/lib/jni and /usr/local/lib/jni for jni libs. Debian-java have had similar discussions in the past (which I failed to follow since I had too much real work on), so I'm CC'ing there in the hope of advice. One question I do have with my proposal though is what happens if /usr/lib/jni has both libgnome-java0.8 and libgnome-java0.9 - How does the jvm currently choose? -- .''`. Mark Howard : :' : `. `' http://www.tildemh.com `- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
