Re: [PROPOSAL] New Virtual Packages and way to handle Classpath

[Jan Schulz <jasc.usenet@gmx.de>]

Hallo Ben,

* Ben Burton wrote:
>Can we use $CLASSPATH instead of -classpath?  From my experience making
>packages work with both free and proprietary JVMs, setting $CLASSPATH
>before calling the java runtime (instead of passing -classpath, -cp,
>whatever) has caused the least breakage.

With some clear idea about *what* you are actually calling, this
shouldn't be a problem. I don't like CLASSPATH, as you have to make
sure, that it is properly set up and not just gotten from "outside".

Jan
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