Re: Java policy: finding the base directory of the default JRE/JDK

2004-11-20 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Shyamal" == Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: "Arnaud" == Arnaud Vandyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Arnaud> I'm not sure beanshell needs tools.jar. Shyamal> The Emacs JDEE tries really hard to find tools.jar t

Re: Java policy: finding the base directory of the default JRE/JDK

2004-11-20 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Arnaud" == Arnaud Vandyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Arnaud> I'm not sure beanshell needs tools.jar. The Emacs JDEE tries really hard to find tools.jar to start beanshell (including special code to deal with the Apple/Darwin file naming). I don't know if that is because very few people

tools.jar and free Java code

2004-11-16 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Arnaud" == Arnaud Vandyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Perhaps even lib/tools.jar, or is that a Sun thing only? Arnaud> Yes it is. So would that mean that any Debian Java package that required tools.jar is not usable with a truly free Java at this time? Or is there a free tools.

Re: Java policy: finding the base directory of the default JRE/JDK

2004-11-16 Thread Shyamal Prasad
Barry> Shyamal Prasad wrote: >| I just noticed that both JDE versions in Debian (jde and >| xemacs21-basesupport) are partially broken: if you don't set >| JAVA_HOME (which is not allowed by Debian policy) some of the >| most useful tools don't work.

Re: Java policy: finding the base directory of the default JRE/JDK

2004-11-16 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Arnaud" == Arnaud Vandyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Arnaud> Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:42:49 -0800, Shyamal Prasad Arnaud> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I do not do any Java development anymore, and I've only ever >> used Blackdown on

Java policy: finding the base directory of the default JRE/JDK

2004-11-16 Thread Shyamal Prasad
Hi, I have a system that is installed according to the Debian policy documents (including Java policy). On this system I am trying to find the "base Java directory" for the default Java environment. Is it correct for me to chase symlinks from /usr/bin/java until I find the actual executable, and