Re: NewbieQ's: packaging Java software
On Saturday 1 April 2000, at 19 h 46, the keyboard of "Christian T. Steigies"
<cts@debian.org> wrote:
> I dont think you have to make a Makefile for that, debian/rules is a
> makefile, just do it there. But is your package still portable if the jar is
> not "compiled"?
jar files store Java bytecodes which *is* portable (so the package needs an
Architecture:all).
The problem is a political one: a software which is not compiled when you
build the package should move in non-free. See <http://www.debian.org/Lists-Arc
hives/debian-java-9912/msg00002.html>.
> > 3. I installed the jars files /usr/share/java and a script that runs the program
> > in /usr/X11R6/bin. is that correct?
> dunno, maintainer manual?
Java policy? <http://www.debian.org/~bortz/Java/policy.html> Look at the
advices it gives to maintainers, too.
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