Re: Summary of the idéas.

2001-09-19 Thread Jeff Turner
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:04:46AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:03:50AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > > > There have been quite lot of discussion about the classpaths... > > > > :) > > > > The only good classpath is a dea.. clean one. > > Just curious what does dea stan

Re: Summary of the id?as.

2001-09-19 Thread Rob Helmer
> > Well the java policy says that all java programs must have a startup > > script. > > 'java' is a program too, though, isn't it? Nope : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6:14pm ~ >cat `which java` | head #!/bin/sh # # $Id: java_wrapper_linux.sh,v 1.7 2001/06/22 21:09:44 kreilede Exp $ # # # @(#)java_wrappe

[Fwd: Manifests are dangerous (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous)]

2001-09-19 Thread Michael Gratton
This should have gone to the list.. -- ? Mike Gratton - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Leader in leachate production and transmission since 1976. > http://web.vee.net/ --- Begin Message --- Joe Emenaker wrote: I'm not really an advocate of the symlinking idea, but am I the only one that thinks that this mani

Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

2001-09-19 Thread Jeff Turner
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:21:15AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:59:09AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:15:04PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: [..] > > Symlinking jars can be dangerous, because jars can contain a Class-path: > > line in their manifest

Re: Summary of the idéas.

2001-09-19 Thread Jeff Turner
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:04:46AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:03:50AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > > > There have been quite lot of discussion about the classpaths... > > > > :) > > > > The only good classpath is a dea.. clean one. > > Just curious what does dea sta

Re: Summary of the id?as.

2001-09-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:23:35PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:08:03PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > > I think there's got to be some kind of default classpath, even if it can > > be overridden, otherwise programs without a startup script require the > > user to set an e

Re: Summary of the id?as.

2001-09-19 Thread Rob Helmer
> > Well the java policy says that all java programs must have a startup > > script. > > 'java' is a program too, though, isn't it? Nope : [rhelmer@here] 6:14pm ~ >cat `which java` | head #!/bin/sh # # $Id: java_wrapper_linux.sh,v 1.7 2001/06/22 21:09:44 kreilede Exp $ # # # @(#)java_wrapper_

[Fwd: Manifests are dangerous (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous)]

2001-09-19 Thread Michael Gratton
This should have gone to the list.. -- ? Mike Gratton - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Leader in leachate production and transmission since 1976. > http://web.vee.net/ Joe Emenaker wrote: > I'm not really an advocate of the symlinking idea, but am I the only one > that thinks that this manifesat cl

Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

2001-09-19 Thread Jeff Turner
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:21:15AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:59:09AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:15:04PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: [..] > > Symlinking jars can be dangerous, because jars can contain a Class-path: > > line in their manifes

Re: Summary of the id?as.

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:08:03PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:03:50AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:44:00PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > To discuss: > > > --- > > > > > > * Should we allow library packages to provide different ve

Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:44:30AM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Another point about lib/ext. The JVM treats all jars in lib/ext as > > > priveleged, like java.lang.*. > > > > > > "By default, installed extensions are granted all security permissions

Re: Manifests are dangerous (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous)

2001-09-19 Thread Joe Emenaker
- Original Message - From: "Michael Gratton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Joe Emenaker wrote: > > > What if someone releases two jars and foo.jar's manifest makes reference to > > "../../../../../../../../bar.jar"? Am I faced with either putting bar.jar in > > my root dir or not using the package

j2se1.3-powerpc in also in .../Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Stephen Zander
Note that there are known issues with the mozilla plug-in this release. These packages also use the new java2-compiler & java2-runtime -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:57:55 -0700 Source: j2se1.3-powerpc Binary: j2re1.3 j2sdk1.3-src j2sdk1.3-demo j2sdk1.3-

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Ben" == Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben> I'm not sure. Any word from the j2se1.3 maintainer(s) on Ben> this? Off the top of my head I don't think the JVM itselfinerface has changed significantly, i.e. the byte codes themselves. The rest of the Java runtime has changed e

Re: Summary of the id?as.

2001-09-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:03:50AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:44:00PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > To discuss: > > --- > > > > * Should we allow library packages to provide different versions? > > Like libxalan2 that provides both xalan1 and xalan2 jars. >

Re: Summary of the id?as.

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:08:03PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:03:50AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:44:00PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > To discuss: > > > --- > > > > > > * Should we allow library packages to provide different v

Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:44:30AM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Another point about lib/ext. The JVM treats all jars in lib/ext as > > > priveleged, like java.lang.*. > > > > > > "By default, installed extensions are granted all security permission

Re: Manifests are dangerous (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous)

2001-09-19 Thread Joe Emenaker
- Original Message - From: "Michael Gratton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Joe Emenaker wrote: > > > What if someone releases two jars and foo.jar's manifest makes reference to > > "../../../../../../../../bar.jar"? Am I faced with either putting bar.jar in > > my root dir or not using the packag

Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository

2001-09-19 Thread Bill Wohler
Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where does $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext point to /usr/share/java? I have > installed every JVM available for debian (I believe) and only j2sdk1.3 > comes with .../lib/ext, and that is a real directory that doesn't seem to > point to /usr/share/java at all. I'm n

j2se1.3-powerpc in also in .../Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Stephen Zander
Note that there are known issues with the mozilla plug-in this release. These packages also use the new java2-compiler & java2-runtime -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:57:55 -0700 Source: j2se1.3-powerpc Binary: j2re1.3 j2sdk1.3-src j2sdk1.3-demo j2sdk1.3

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Ben" == Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben> I'm not sure. Any word from the j2se1.3 maintainer(s) on Ben> this? Off the top of my head I don't think the JVM itselfinerface has changed significantly, i.e. the byte codes themselves. The rest of the Java runtime has changed

Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

2001-09-19 Thread Bill Wohler
Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Another point about lib/ext. The JVM treats all jars in lib/ext as > > priveleged, like java.lang.*. > > > > "By default, installed extensions are granted all security permissions > > as if they were part of the core platform API" > > > >-- ht

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ben Burton
> > > Well. I have to ask one thing (before adding such things to the > > > policy). Have the virtual machine changed (in any strange way) or > > > is it just the runtime environment that really have changed. I skip > > > all performance parts and just focus on compatibility. > > > > Not quite sur

Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository

2001-09-19 Thread Bill Wohler
Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where does $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext point to /usr/share/java? I have > installed every JVM available for debian (I believe) and only j2sdk1.3 > comes with .../lib/ext, and that is a real directory that doesn't seem to > point to /usr/share/java at all. I'm

Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

2001-09-19 Thread Bill Wohler
Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Another point about lib/ext. The JVM treats all jars in lib/ext as > > priveleged, like java.lang.*. > > > > "By default, installed extensions are granted all security permissions > > as if they were part of the core platform API" > > > >-- h

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 09:22, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:59:10PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > The following just entered .../Incoming. > > Great! Good work guys! I cannot agree more! Egon

Re: Summary of the idéas.

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 03:33:59PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Tuesday 18 September 2001 14:44, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Like, CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$INTERNALCLASSPATH before running > > the real jvm. > > I'm not really in favor of a system wide classpath; i prefer the current > system

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Stephen" == Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stephen> The following just entered .../Incoming. And of course there's already a bug in the packaging. I'll be overwriting the packages in .../Incoming today prior to the ftp-masters getting around to installing it (which will tak

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 08:40:36AM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > > > > What are we doing about the java2 dependency issue? There was a long > > > thread about this recently and (I believe) general consensus was that > > > there should be: > > > > > > Provides: java2-virtual-machine (or java2-runtime

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ben Burton
> > What are we doing about the java2 dependency issue? There was a long > > thread about this recently and (I believe) general consensus was that > > there should be: > > > > Provides: java2-virtual-machine (or java2-runtime?) > > Provides: java2-compiler > > Well. I have to ask one thing (befor

Re: Summary of the idéas.

2001-09-19 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Tuesday 18 September 2001 14:44, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Like, CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$INTERNALCLASSPATH before running > the real jvm. I'm not really in favor of a system wide classpath; i prefer the current system where /usr/bin/program deals with this... But if the majority prefers it

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 09:22, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:59:10PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > The following just entered .../Incoming. > > Great! Good work guys! I cannot agree more! Egon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Summary of the idéas.

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 03:33:59PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote: > On Tuesday 18 September 2001 14:44, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Like, CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$INTERNALCLASSPATH before running > > the real jvm. > > I'm not really in favor of a system wide classpath; i prefer the current > system

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Stephen" == Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stephen> The following just entered .../Incoming. And of course there's already a bug in the packaging. I'll be overwriting the packages in .../Incoming today prior to the ftp-masters getting around to installing it (which will ta

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 08:40:36AM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > > > > What are we doing about the java2 dependency issue? There was a long > > > thread about this recently and (I believe) general consensus was that > > > there should be: > > > > > > Provides: java2-virtual-machine (or java2-runtim

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ben Burton
> > What are we doing about the java2 dependency issue? There was a long > > thread about this recently and (I believe) general consensus was that > > there should be: > > > > Provides: java2-virtual-machine (or java2-runtime?) > > Provides: java2-compiler > > Well. I have to ask one thing (befo

Re: Summary of the idéas.

2001-09-19 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Tuesday 18 September 2001 14:44, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Like, CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$INTERNALCLASSPATH before running > the real jvm. I'm not really in favor of a system wide classpath; i prefer the current system where /usr/bin/program deals with this... But if the majority prefers it

Tomcat status (was Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming)

2001-09-19 Thread Stefan Gybas
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:59:10PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > The following just entered .../Incoming. I have uploaded a fixed Tomcat package to unstable that works with the new JAVA_HOME. It also builds using the new j2sdk1.3 packages. I will update my other Java package within the next few

Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:59:09AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:15:04PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > > Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > /usr/share/java/foo-version.jar > > > /usr/share/java/foo.jar -> foo-version.jar > > > > Tread carefully. This could have u

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:59:10PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > The following just entered .../Incoming. Great! Good work guys! Regards, // Ola > I'd like to thank Matthias Klose for all his work. He is largely > responsible for the existence of these packages. > > There will be sparc an

Re: Summary of the idéas.

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:03:50AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > > There have been quite lot of discussion about the classpaths... > > :) > > The only good classpath is a dea.. clean one. Just curious what does dea stand for? :) > > > There are a couple of things that I have found that people thi

Tomcat status (was Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming)

2001-09-19 Thread Stefan Gybas
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:59:10PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > The following just entered .../Incoming. I have uploaded a fixed Tomcat package to unstable that works with the new JAVA_HOME. It also builds using the new j2sdk1.3 packages. I will update my other Java package within the next few

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 10:15:13PM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > > Hi. I checked out the j2se1.3 packages and they look great; > good work on finally getting them in debian proper. :) > > I do have one question, and you're going to hate me for it but I'm going > to ask it anyway. > > What are we d

Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:59:09AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:15:04PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > > Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > /usr/share/java/foo-version.jar > > > /usr/share/java/foo.jar -> foo-version.jar > > > > Tread carefully. This could have

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:59:10PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > The following just entered .../Incoming. Great! Good work guys! Regards, // Ola > I'd like to thank Matthias Klose for all his work. He is largely > responsible for the existence of these packages. > > There will be sparc a

Re: Summary of the idéas.

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:03:50AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > > There have been quite lot of discussion about the classpaths... > > :) > > The only good classpath is a dea.. clean one. Just curious what does dea stand for? :) > > > There are a couple of things that I have found that people th

Re: j2se1.3 now in /Incoming

2001-09-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 10:15:13PM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > > Hi. I checked out the j2se1.3 packages and they look great; > good work on finally getting them in debian proper. :) > > I do have one question, and you're going to hate me for it but I'm going > to ask it anyway. > > What are we