Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository

[Ben Burton <bburton@mail.math.okstate.edu>]

> > /usr/share/java/foo-version.jar
> > /usr/share/java/foo.jar -> foo-version.jar
>
>   Tread carefully. This could have unpredictable results.
>
>   The extension directory $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext currently points to
>   /usr/share/java, so /usr/share/java is serving as the extension
>   directory.

Where does $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext point to /usr/share/java?  I have
installed every JVM available for debian (I believe) and only j2sdk1.3
comes with .../lib/ext, and that is a real directory that doesn't seem to
point to /usr/share/java at all.  I'm not sure where you're coming from.

> If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.

Unless you're Australian. :)

Ben.