Re: Links in /usr/share/java

["Eric Lavarde - Debian" <deb@zorglub.s.bawue.de>]

Hi,

olivier.sallou@codeless.fr said:
> On 06/09/2013 01:14 AM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
>> Most packages install these files in /usr/share/java
>>
>>   foo-1.2.jar
>>   foo.jar -> foo-1.2.jar
>>
>> But some packages have the reverse relation:
>>
>>   foo.jar
>>   foo-1.2.jar -> foo.jar
> with this solution, you can't install multiple versions of a library.
> First solution is the correct one. (same behavior than with .so
> libraries by the way)
May I add that I agree with this and already had to patch multiple
libraries, just to get the library created with version, and be able to
soft-link it unversioned.

Cheers, Eric

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