[csw-maintainers] Java... again!

[Joshua Buysse]

On Nov 17, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Philip Brown wrote:
>> /opt/csw/java/bin/java -> ../instances/jre/bin/java
>> /opt/csw/java/bin/javac -> ../instances/jdk/bin/javac
>> /opt/csw/java/bin/keytool -> ../instances/jdk/bin/keytool
>> ...
>> /opt/csw/java/instances/jdk-1.5.0_16
>> /opt/csw/java/instances/jdk -> jdk-1.5.0_16
>> /opt/csw/java/instances/jre -> jdk-1.5.0_16
>>
>> ?
>
> Hmm. interesting. I'll ask again , though, because I'm not  
> understanding:
> why dont you like the top level directory as "java"?
> What are you envisioning being in /opt/csw/java, besides the single
> directory "instances"?

Directories for bin, lib, man, and include that point through to the  
"active" instance (jdk/jre symlinks in instances).  That way, a  
currently selected java version can always be found if PATH includes / 
opt/csw/java/bin, and MANPATH includes /opt/csw/java/man (or /opt/csw/ 
java/share/man, but that's not how Sun packages it).


> (I'll mention that currently, we already have documented, and in use,
>  a standard for jar files, to live in /opt/csw/share/java
>
>    http://www.opencsw.org/standards/layout
>     mentions this)
>
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Joshua Buysse, System Engineer
University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts

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