Bug#283557: java-common: JAVA POLICY: define default JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java as alternative.

[Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org>]

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tags 283557 + wontfix
thanks

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:02:06 +0100, 
Eric Lavarde <debian.bugs.nospam@zorglub.s.bawue.de> wrote: 

> Hi,

Hi,

> my suggestion would be to define the directory /usr/lib/java as default
> java-home, so that someone can define a default value for the variable
> JAVA_HOME, which some utilities seem to require.
> I think of something like the following in a shell script:
> ${JAVA_HOME:=/usr/lib/java}

,----[ /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.txt ]
| 9.9. Environment variables
| --------------------------
| 
|      A program must not depend on environment variables to get
|      reasonable defaults.  (That's because these environment variables
|      would have to be set in a system-wide configuration file like
|      `/etc/profile', which is not supported by all shells.)
|      [...]
`----

Which program does need JAVA_HOME? and why? IMHO this is not a clean
design.

Cheers,

PS: If someone else wanna take care of this bug, just remove the
    'wontfix' tag.

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