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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 1998 22:25:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        Joe Shevland <J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au>
Cc:        Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Where to put java libs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812172223570.348-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <001201be2a33$d2380d20$6e01a8c0@simbarchi.turnaround.com.au>

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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Joe Shevland wrote:

> I don't think there's any standard at the moment pre 1.2. I tend to stuff
> them all in to the JDK directory, say /u1/jdk1.1.6/lib, and then add them to
> my CLASSPATH individually. This obviously isn't very good though.
> 
> How about standardizing on a /usr/local/lib/java? Or is this breaking a
> rule? Then scripts designed to run the app can know to look for this path
> for JAR files etc. The reason I often put them into the JDK directory is
> because I know where the lib directory will be relative to the 'java'
> executable, so I can reference it like `which java`/../lib/foo.jar.

Suits me (this is Palle's question, remember).  I always install a link
like what you're talking about, from the place that the jdk gets
installed to /usr/local/java anyhow.  The port oughta do this, huh Nate?

I like the idea of more java stuff showing up in ports!

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