Re: Use of update-alternatives or JAVA_HOME (was: Experience inconverting to GCJ)

2003-08-14 Thread Adam Heath
On 11 Aug 2003, Michael R Head wrote: > I actually use update-alternatives to point to > /usr/local/lib/j2sdk/bin/java which is a symlink to j2sdk1.4.2 or > whatever the latest I have installed is. > > That said, using the JAVA_HOME variable (if it is set) allow a user on > the system to easily se

Re: Use of update-alternatives or JAVA_HOME (was: Experience inconverting to GCJ)

2003-08-11 Thread Michael R Head
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 16:18, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:58:03PM +0200, Jan Schulz wrote: > > > What I would like to see: > > > > * add a script/way to recognise/install/make known any installed > > /bin/java, together with some rules/infos, what cpabilities this > > j

Re: Use of update-alternatives or JAVA_HOME (was: Experience inconverting to GCJ)

2003-08-11 Thread Michael R Head
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 17:37, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 04:40:11PM -0400, Michael R Head wrote: > > Which is something that Unix users have been able to do since the dawn of > time, in a more generic way, with a different environment variable (namely > PATH). I agree 100%. H