On Fri, 02 Oct 1998 18:16:59 +0400, Alexander Davydenko wrote:
>> > > * You DO NOT need to set JAVA_HOME. Doing so can be bad for your health
>>
>> What makes you think HotJava needs JAVA_HOME? Look at the launching script. I
>> think you need to set JDK_HOME (or JRE_HOME) but not JAVA_HOME, but the script
>> is the final arbiter.
>
>I can't catch a thought... What wrong is to set JAVA_HOME ?
>
>The starter script is doing the same thing.
>
>I just make it work simpler, by setting up that. :)
If that is the only Java VM on your system, then it should not cause
a problem. However, setting this can lead to problems if you install
a new JDK to try it and forget to unset it. Or if you have another JVM
installed that may happen to use JAVA_HOME
Since it gets set in the script, setting it externally can cause
problems/confusion. It is not that it, in and of itself, is bad.
With so many different people doing so many different linux systems
and so many different ways they install things, it is easier to just
make a blanket statement that *generally* is true and assume that those
who are more advanced users can work though the stuff.
Michael Sinz -- Director of Research & Development, NextBus Inc.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------- http://www.nextbus.com
My place on the web ---> http://www.users.fast.net/~michael_sinz
