From owner-freebsd-java Fri Dec 18 14:32:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA11181 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:32:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11173 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:32:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA28053; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:31:59 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA09737; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:31:58 -0700 Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:31:58 -0700 Message-Id: <199812182231.PAA09737@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Chuck Robey Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put java libs In-Reply-To: References: <19981218150524.C26461@kublai.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > 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