Re: Sponsor for Ontographics?
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 11:50:33AM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote:
> > > I also could use /usr/bin/java instead, which is managed by
> > > alternatives, but again, my app doesn't work with kaffe/gjc/another JRE,
> > > so I don't see the point.
> >
> > I do. The point is that not everyone puts their jre in /usr/lib. Most
> > debian users I know wouldn't pollute their /usr/lib with jre - they'd
> > use /usr/local/lib.
>
> That's right. /usr/lib is the location where the Blackdown DEBs are
> installed to. I think, this is recommended for JREs in the Debian Java
> Policy.
Does your package depend on the Blackdown JRE .deb? If so, then it would be
reasonable to rely on that package's file locations. Otherwise, you're
going to have all sorts of problems ensuring that the java you run is the
java you want.
- Matt
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