Yes, I did like that previously. But nieder suggested to use JarFiles field.
I'll patch the script then.
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Benjamin Reed <rangerr...@befunk.com>wrote:
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> On 3/29/10 8:12 AM, Hariharan B wrote:
> > But ExTeX startup script relies on these two environment variables. Can
> > you please suggest an alternative?
>
> Yes, patch the script to find the jars where you install them.
>
> If all it requires is it's own java jars (not things from other
> packages), you don't need to use JarFiles at all. Just install them in
> something like %p/lib/%N and then fix the script to look for it's jars
> there.
>
> Same with JAVA_HOME. It is rare that you actually need to force a
> JAVA_HOME for an app, usually it's just a shortcut for finding
> $JAVA_HOME/bin/java and such. Patch the script to set JAVA_HOME to
> /Library/Java/Home (the default java home) and don't override it for
> everyone.
>
> What I mean by that is, RuntimeVars sets those variables for anyone who
> does a fink init.sh; there are many packages that most definitely do NOT
> want JAVA_HOME forced to the location you need just for one package...
> RuntimeVars is for your package to communicate with other packages how
> to find things, not for internal use of something just within the scope
> of your own package.
>
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Regards,
Hariharan B
International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore
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