Hi, I agree with Simon, isolation is the word to consider. From my point of view, the best approach is to have a common repository to all the libs you need, and just set the CLASSPATH according to your particular needs.
AFAIK no problems might happen with your approach, though. Regards, Alfredo > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Kitching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Martes, 07 de Noviembre de 2006 03:23 a.m. > To: Jakarta Commons Users List > Subject: Re: [logging] Any takers ? (Placing "commons-logging- > 1.1.jar"into"${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/endorsed" o.k.? > > Hi, > > I don't know of any issues that might occur. > > I think putting libs into the java install is a pretty ugly thing to do > though. Applications should stand alone. I'm also against putting webapp > libs into appserver shared directories, etc. though the whole world > appears to disagree with me on that one. > > Regards, > > Simon > > On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 19:40 +0100, Rony G. Flatscher wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > so far no answer has arrived via the common-user list. I would > > appreciate *any* comments anyone would have to the idea to put the > > commons-logging jar into the "${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/endorsed" directory > > to solve incompatibility issues, if other packages have their own > > commons-logging.jar, but stumble over one that may have been installed > > into the Java extension directory "${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/ext". > > > > Preliminary tests show the problem to be solved by installing the > > commons-logging.jar into the "endorsed" directory, but before changing > > the installation routine to do that for a special BSF package, I would > > like to learn about potential pitfalls from the experts... > > > > Regards, > > > > ---rony > > > > P.S.: The original message of last week was (path issue corrected): > > > > >> Hi there, > > >> > > >> creating an installer for Jakarta's BSF to be placed into > > >> "${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/ext" to make it available to all Java apps, > also > > >> had me put "commons-logging-1.1.jar" to the > "${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/ext" directory. > > >> > > >> But because of reports of users of Eclipse's help system and Geronimo > > >> (both apps won't run afterwards) I moved the "commons-logging- > 1.1.jar" > > >> to the "endorsed" directory which remedied the situation. > > >> > > >> Would there be situations where this could cause problems elsewhere? > > >> > > >> Thanks for any hints/insights in advance! > > >> > > >> ---rony > > >> > > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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