Conor MacNeill wrote:
>
> Louis,
>
> > I don't think you can make any portable assumptions about
> > java.library.path. Unless someone can point to a specification,
> > I believe it's safer for the scripts to explicitly pass the current PATH
> > as a system property ("ant.system.path" or something) on the command
> > line.
> >
>
> I agree that we cannot rely on java.library.path. However I wonder if
> passing in the Path as an ant property is the start of a slippery slope
> where we end up trying to pass the whole environment into ant :-) Currently
> we have
>
> ant.home
> jikes.class.path
>
> We probably could add what you suggest, but what else (wheeeee down we go
> !!)
>
> Conor :-)
I can't argue with your concern, but PATH is ubiquitous on Windows
and Unix (and has no equivalent on Mac OS < 10). Jesse's "heinous"
hack _would_ short-circuit this debate...
Louis (the on-vacation version)
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