Re: Base64.jar and zeus.jar

[Cai Qian <caiqian@gnome.org>]

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 12:58 +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
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> Cai Qian <caiqian@gnome.org> wrote: 
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> > Hi,
> > I am packaging a Java package now. I found in upstream source there are
> > some pre-supply .jar and .so files (because he works under windows).
> > Most of them exist in some Debian java libraries, so I can relink it.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > However I don't know which packages contain Base64.jar and zeus.jar.
> > Does somebody know? 
> 
> Don't know. There already is a base64 (de)coder in libcommons-codec-java
> - From the Jakarta project.
> 
> > If they don't, should I ask upstream author to supply these files source
> > code and include them?
> 
> Yes, and make two separate packages.
> 
These 3 jar are not exist in Debian.

-rw-r--r--  1 caiqian caiqian  1417 2004-04-11 22:12 Base64.jar
-rw-r--r--  1 caiqian caiqian 82872 2004-07-12 23:55 shutter.jar
-rw-r--r--  1 caiqian caiqian 96607 2004-04-26 13:57 zeus.jar

You mean I have to make 3 separate packages as form libxxx-java, and
then install them into /usr/share/java?

I found that Java Policy said "All jar files must have a well-documented
CLASSPATH". What does that mean? I seems I never use CLASSPATH until a
wrapper in /usr/bin call the following. 

/usr/bin/java -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib \
    -classpath /usr/share/java/shutter.jar: ...

> > Another question is these .jar and .so files are up to 3M, Is it right
> > to delete them in original tarball before upload?
> 
> Yes, good idea.
> 
> Many thanks for your participation in Debian-Java,
Don't mention it. Thanks for help.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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Cai Qian