Re: Environment variables for Debian (e.g. JAVA_HOME, etc)
Peter Samuelson dijo [Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 01:15:19AM -0500]:
> I have wondered for *years* - first, why Java doesn't do this, and
> second, why Java users don't seem to see a problem with Java not doing
> this. By and large they seem to just accept calmly that you have to
> set arcane variables just to run any and all programs. This is like
> having to have LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your environment in order to run ls.
>
> A mystery indeed.
...No, there is no mistery. The Java lovers tend to think that
anything mandated by the Sun guys must be right. No questioning
allowed. Even if $idea one year ago it seemed like a stupid crap, now
that Sun recommends it... Well, it _IS_ right!
Greetings,
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