Re: environment variables

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:19:05 -0700
ChadDavis <chadmichaeldavis@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm installing some software that needs the JAVA_HOME environement
> variables set.  I read in the debian policy manual that system wide
> environment variables are a bad idea.  I can see that.  It suggests
> writing a wrapper script to start my program.  The problem here is
> that you get a maintenance nightmare if you end up defining something
> like JAVA_HOME all over the place and then JAVA_HOME changes.  Any
> ideas to solve this?
> 
> 

You could set JAVA_HOME to the (new) symlink /usr/lib/jvm/java, which
would in turn point to the JVM du jour. You could even employ the
alternatives system to "Debianise" this arrangement.

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Liam