Re: Is there a solution to my problem? (Re: Symlinking jars is dangerous (Re: The evils of /usr/share/java/repository))

[Jeff Turner <jeff@socialchange.net.au>]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:20:28PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:44:30AM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote:
> > > Probably not. So the lib/ext dir should be empty, right?
> > 
> >   Disagree. There is a world of difference between jars you install
> >   and jars you serendipitously obtain over the net via the Java Plug-in
> >   or Java Web Start.
> > 
> >   Our use of $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext is exactly what it was meant for.
> 
> Well I have not used any such features. When I ment empty I ment that
> no packages (debs) should place their jars there. But I might be
> wrong here too. :)

I think that's best. lib/ext is not overridable by *anything*, not even
/usr/bin/java. Say I just installed the Tomcat 3.2 .deb, and it put
servlet.jar (2.2) in lib/ext. Then I want to try out Tomcat 4.0 from
CVS. It will break because it requires 2.3 of servlet.jar, and lib/ext
cannot be overridden.

--Jeff

> Regards,
> 
> // Ola