Please do, that is my main problem using Kaffe with other Java based tools.
I have started to do that myself since so many applications need a JAVA_HOME
to be set.
Adrian
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 12:14 PM
Subject: JRE file layout for 1.0.7?
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to minimize the number of changes for 1.0.7, in order to minimize
the
> amount of surprises and I don't want to introduce new instabilities.
>
> But I would like to change the way the the files are installed when doing
> "make install". Instead of installing it by default in /usr/local/bin,
> /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/include, etc., I'd like to have the default
> install put everything in /usr/local/kaffe, in a JRE-style layout. That
> way, people could just set JAVA_HOME to point there, and use it instead of
a
> regular JDK or JRE. Plus I've always disliked how the kaffe install
places
> those "java" and "javac" wrappers in /usr/local/bin. Also, I've been bit
a
> few times by kaffe versions I've been working on accidentally dynamically
> loading the kaffe.org libs installed in /usr/local/lib instead of the libs
I
> intended.
>
> Is anybody opposed to this? It is breaking with tradition somewhat, and
> it's for the upcoming release, so I figured it would be best to ask.
It'll
> also impact the Debian and RPM packages.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Jim
>
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