javac can also be called during package building. Unless a specific compiler (e.g. /usr/bin/jikes) is always used, but isn't that a burden for users rebuilding packages?IMO, /usr/bin/javac is mainly used for hello world programms and almost nowher ein scripts, so it's not really nessesary to have strictly the same comandline options (man pacges will be under update alternatives as well)
2.5. Classpath To make classpath issues as easy as possible, each package, which includes public (library) jar files must add a Jar Description File (JarDF) in /var/lib/java/ and place this jars in /usr/share/java. The JarDF must be
Does this conform to the FHS? http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.8.html"This hierarchy [/var/lib] holds state information pertaining to an application or the system. State information is data that programs modify while they run, and that pertains to one specific host."
What about /usr/share/java/<package name>.classpath ? Daniel