On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Joe Emenaker wrote: > > Just to complicate the situation.... > > > > Any script that builds a PATHS,CLASSPATH, must also consider stripping > > conflicts from them. > > Well, each JVM on the system could have a script that builds the classpath > that it needs. That would be the first thing in the actual classpath passed > to the JVM. Next, you tack on the existing $CLASSPATH contents. Lastly, you > add the auto-generated stuff in ./lib, ./classes, $HOME/lib, $HOME/classes, > /usr/share/java/lib, and /usr/share/java/classes.
$CLASSPATH should ALWAYS be first, in any auto-generated setup. How else would I be able to override something in a system directory?