Re: javac and the classpath

2010-08-28 Thread Alex Boisvert
Oh, sorry, you're talking about javac... but same thing, I'm not seeing it.Maybe you can open an issue and attach your spec? alex On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Alex Boisvert wrote: > I'm curious to see the spec; Java::Commands.java always forks a new java > process so it shouldn't chan

Re: javac and the classpath

2010-08-28 Thread Alex Boisvert
I'm curious to see the spec; Java::Commands.java always forks a new java process so it shouldn't change the current application classpath. Maybe I'm missing something? alex On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Antoine Toulme wrote: > I am writing specs for the javac command and I am finding out t

javac and the classpath

2010-08-28 Thread Antoine Toulme
I am writing specs for the javac command and I am finding out that it resets the classpath of the application, since you pass a classpath to it. At this point, it sounds like the safest option is to shell out instead of running javac in the current JVM, as it has some nasty side effects. I discov