>>>>> "Per" == per <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Per> Aaron Brashears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Joe Emenaker sent a nice idea to me which the list didn't get to
>> see. He suggested making a script which does autodetection of jar
>> files in your /usr/share/java and sets the classpath
>> appropriately.
Per> Which is what you have to do anyway if you want to implement
Per> Java 2.
Per>
http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/extensions/index.html
[...]
Per> So I suggest the Java policy shuld define a directory for
Per> extensions. Note this is actually two directories: a
Per> /usr/share directory for jar files and a /usr/lib directory
Per> for .so files. A Debian packaging of jdk 1.2 or 1.3 should
Per> ideally be set up so it uses the standard Java extensions
Per> directories. Tweaking some shell scripts or sym links might
Per> work.
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.
Juergen
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