Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:31:58 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put java libs Message-ID: <199812182231.PAA09737@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812181658330.310-100000@picnic.mat.net> References: <19981218150524.C26461@kublai.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812181658330.310-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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> > > and it goes on to say that, if this is under local, the same rules > > > apply, just that it's locally installed stuff. Well, the class files, > > > jar files, zip files, etc, aren't ascii. The only way to stretch this > > > is claiming its architecturally independent, but so is tcl (establishing > > > a precedent for /usr/local/lib, for arch-independent stuff). > > > > I think it's a mistake to put things other than libraries in lib, > > from hier(7): > > > > lib/ archive libraries > > ... > > libdata/ misc. utility data files > > But that's my point. The java stuff is shared code, unable to execute > alone, needed to execute by other java programs, exactly like anything > that depends on a C lib (like libc). *EVERYTHING* share is 'shared' and requires something to do with it. What good is a termcap w/out a program to run it? What about syscons keymaps? It needs something to execute it. Arguing this point is really a waste of time, since hier was never updated to considered something like non-ASCII shared data. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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