Hello debian java maintainers, The Java policy says [1]: "If a virtual machine supports native code, it must include the directory /usr/lib/jni in its search path for these dynamic libraries."
openjdk6 was patched to allow looking for JNI libraries in /usr/lib/jni in bug 517338 [2], and was fixed in openjdk-6 (6b14-1.5~pre1-5). However the bug exists in the sun java JVMs [3,4]. I know that sun java does not allow us to change the binaries, so [3] was marked as "won't fix." I'm the maintainer of rxtx (librxtx-java) which is jni, and some users have been complaining about how sun java cannot see it by default[5]. What is the best way to handle this? Should it be handled at the sun-java6 level or should I use some use some script (postinst?) so it can work with sun java? Thank you. Regards, Scott [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/c43.html#policy-vm [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517338 [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=382686 [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+bug/325506 [5] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rxtx/+bug/380027 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimpftzqx8uw3+12ytm6x_xqvs6jwhob8r9d2...@mail.gmail.com
