Package: java-common Version: 0.33 Severity: normal Hi, I have some third party jar files to install, which don't seem to fit in with the instructions in the Debian java policy. Policy says place all libraries in /usr/share/java, but that doesn't appear to work.
The libraries in question are the digitial infrastructure for the Australian Tax Office, see csi.business.gov.au/ and http://pki.ato.gov.au/atocdia/welcome.htm . They've gone to all the trouble of making it Linux compatible, see http://csi.business.gov.au/CSI/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.asp#Can_I_use_the_CSI_with_an_unsupp , so we should do our part to make sure it's easy for Debian business users to install the files. The Linux material is located at http://csi.business.gov.au/CSI/CsiInstallForLinux.tar.gz, which contains instructions and a few jar files. The most pertinent instructions are: 4. Copy the csi.jar file to the $JAVA_HOME/lib/ext directory. NOTE: $JAVA_HOME is a user defined environment variable denoting the path to the java installation directory. 5. Copy the local_policy.jar, jce1_2_2.jar and the US_export_policy.jar files to the $JAVA_HOME/lib/security directory. Now lib/ext and lib/security seem to be part of the jre debian packages, for instance sun-java6-jre. I can for instance copy csi.jar into /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/jre/lib/ext and copy jce1_2_2.jar into /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/jre/lib/security (local_policy.jar and US_export_policy.jar are already there, I don't know if the ATO really needs their own version). After doing this (and chmod a+r), the installation seems to work (from http://pki.ato.gov.au/atocdia/welcome.htm the browser loads up the java plugin and proceeds to manage Australian Tax Digitial Certificates). But I'm sure it's not strictly correct to dump random jar files into sun-java6-jre's file structure. That's why we have the Debian java policy, for installing java application and library packages. But policy (file:///usr/share/doc/java-common/debian-java-policy/x105.html ) just says place any jar files into /usr/share/java. When I place csi.jar and jce1_2_2.jar there (instead of jre/lib), it doesn't work, the class files are not located. I gather policy is intended to work with full Debian packaging, that is something will be done by dh_java at installation time to register the jar files. Is that correct? What is the best way to handle this situation? I suspect it's just a java FAQ. Should instructions be added, say to /usr/share/doc/java-common/README.Debian explaining how a user (i.e. not a Debian package maintainer) should deal with the installation of third party jar files? Or an entry in the Debian Java FAQ ? Keep in mind the users of this software may not be Java gurus, they'll just be business-oriented linux enthusiasts who want to deal with the Tax man without lowering standards (by using MS Windows). They might never have to deal with java files outside of this application. Thanks, Drew -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash java-common depends on no packages. java-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages java-common suggests: pn default-jre <none> (no description available) ii equivs 2.0.7-0.1 Circumvent Debian package dependen -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
