Re: The problem of core classes for Java compilers (Was: Bug#44462: jikes: jikes does not find core classes
On Wednesday 8 September 1999, at 15 h 35, the keyboard of "Mike Goldman"
<whig@by.net> wrote:
> Just FWIW, I do configure Jikes for Debian to automatically find clases in
> the Java Repository. So if you manually unpack core classes into
> /usr/share/java/repository, Jikes will presently find them without any need
> for setting environmental variables.
Yes, but it does not seem to be documented (in README.Debian, for instance).
Consider this as a "wishlist" :-) and is not obvious at first glance.
Also, it can disturb another compiler (one of the important goals of the Java
policy is to allow developers to switch easily and rapidly between compilers)
if it finds these classes before its own.
> 4) Jikes can be modified to search explicitly for the jdk or kaffe classes.
> This will make Jikes depend upon one of these packages, and not generically
> on java-virtual-machine. I don't much like this solution, as it will
> require Jikes to be modified any time a new jvm becomes available, and
> further will cause problems if the jdk or kaffe classes change their
> installation location, etc.
But it would be nice for the user.
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