Work-around: don't have version numbers in your CLASSPATH. I am a Collector Of Packages, and the classpath in my /etc/profile becomes some 4 lines long. However, my setup is:
We don't recommend setting the CLASSPATH environment
variable because
it can be long-lived (particularly if you set it in a login
or startup
script). It's also easy to forget about, and then one day,
your
programs won't work because the compiler or interpreter
loads a crusty
old class file instead of the one you want. An old,
out-of-date
CLASSPATH variable is a fruitful source of confusing
problems. "jim watson
/opt/java/package/version/...
and a symlink "/opt/java/package/current" to the most recent version. The CLASSPATH exclusively contains "current", so it automatically upgrades with new software.
It's cleaner to set CLASSPATH in a wrapper script, of course, but often
this only is feasible for a deployment situation. When hacking/developing,
you want to have all stuff at your fingertips.
-- Cees de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Acriter Consulting http://www.acriter.com
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