I'm a huge fan of sym-link to the "production" version of any package.
That way, you can have older, or newer, releases available simultaneously.
(see end)
The usual magic prefix for IBM is /usr/lpp.
So maybe point /usr/lpp/javaprod at the current release.
You could then set JAVAHOME in /etc/profile to that path,
and users could override JAVAHOME if and when they need to.
On 01/20/2016 05:26 PM, Rob Schramm wrote:
I vote symlink as well.
Rob Schramm
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 4:45 PM John McKown <[email protected]>
wrote:
I like the SYMLINK idea. I do that myself, "by hand".
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Paul Gilmartin <
[email protected]> wrote:
Dammit! The path to Java changes with any z/OS release and/or
any Java release. I need continually to add to my PATH variable
to keep up. And there's nothing an ISV can supply in JCL samples
for SMP/E's SMPJHOME; the example in the SMP/E Reference is
woefully outdated.
This makes as little sense as if programmers were required to
code "//SYSLIB DD DSN=SYS1.ZOSV2R2.MACLIB".
I'm inclined to submit an RFE for either a utility to find Java or for
IBM's supplying a usable symbolic link to a preferred Java.
Retroactive; I can't wait for everyone to be on z/OS 2.3
Any suggestions on form or rationale for such an RFE?
Thanks,
gil
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End notes:
I've been pushing a similar common prefix for years.
It happens that /usr/lpp is sort of similar, though IBM uses it a little
differently.
Sad that these things don't get more traction. We're not getting enough
out of the richness that is POSIX.
Would love to hear from others who have gone down this road.
Whadaya do about third party stuff? How do you handle things
consistently across Unix?
(Not all the world is USS.)
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