Re: Summary of the id?as.

2001-09-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 06:15:32PM -0700, Rob Helmer wrote: > > > 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 Yep, looks like

j2se1.3-i386 in .../Incoming (again)

2001-09-20 Thread Stephen Zander
I've just re-uploaded the j2se1.3-i386 packages to fix the packaging bug the original packages contained. Neither they nor the j21.3-powerpc packages have made it to unstable yet, they're waiting on the kindness of ftp-admins. > "Ben" == Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben> I don'

j2se1.3-i386 in .../Incoming (again)

2001-09-20 Thread Stephen Zander
I've just re-uploaded the j2se1.3-i386 packages to fix the packaging bug the original packages contained. Neither they nor the j21.3-powerpc packages have made it to unstable yet, they're waiting on the kindness of ftp-admins. > "Ben" == Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben> I don

On the use of extension directories

2001-09-20 Thread Bill Wohler
Jeff Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think that's best. lib/ext is not overridable by *anything*, not even > /usr/bin/java. Say I just installed the Tomcat 3.2 .deb, and it put > servlet.jar (2.2) in lib/ext. Then I want to try out Tomcat 4.0 from > CVS. It will break because it requires 2.3

On the use of extension directories

2001-09-20 Thread Bill Wohler
Jeff Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think that's best. lib/ext is not overridable by *anything*, not even > /usr/bin/java. Say I just installed the Tomcat 3.2 .deb, and it put > servlet.jar (2.2) in lib/ext. Then I want to try out Tomcat 4.0 from > CVS. It will break because it requires 2.

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

2001-09-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:24:38AM +0930, Michael Gratton wrote: > > This should have gone to the list.. > > -- > ? Mike Gratton - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ! Leader in leachate production and transmission since 1976. > > http://web.vee.net/ > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:13:01 +0930 > From: Michael Gr

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

2001-09-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 01:29:34PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > Note that there are known issues with the mozilla plug-in this release. > These packages also use the new java2-compiler & java2-runtime That is good. :) Regards, // Ola > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Format: 1.7 >

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

2001-09-20 Thread Jeff Turner
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:20:28PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:44:30AM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > > > Probably not. So the lib/ext dir should be empty, right? > > > > Disagree. There is a world of difference between jars you install > > and jars you serendipitousl

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

2001-09-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:24:07AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > 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 dange

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

2001-09-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:24:38AM +0930, Michael Gratton wrote: > > This should have gone to the list.. > > -- > ? Mike Gratton - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ! Leader in leachate production and transmission since 1976. > > http://web.vee.net/ > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:13:01 +0930 > From: Michael G

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

2001-09-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 01:29:34PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > Note that there are known issues with the mozilla plug-in this release. > These packages also use the new java2-compiler & java2-runtime That is good. :) Regards, // Ola > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Format: 1.7 >

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

2001-09-20 Thread Jeff Turner
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:20:28PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:44:30AM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > > > Probably not. So the lib/ext dir should be empty, right? > > > > Disagree. There is a world of difference between jars you install > > and jars you serendipitous

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

2001-09-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:24:07AM +1000, Jeff Turner wrote: > 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 dang