From owner-freebsd-java Fri Aug 16 12:17:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3719637B400 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:17:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.hccnet.nl (smtp.hccnet.nl [62.251.0.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5549F43E6A for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:17:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from znerd@FreeBSD.org) Received: from there by smtp.hccnet.nl via uds45-45.dial.hccnet.nl [62.251.45.45] with SMTP id VAA01384 (8.8.8/1.13); Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:17:00 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <200208161917.VAA01384@smtp.hccnet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Ernst de Haan Organization: FreeBSD Project To: absinthe@pobox.com, Nick Johnson , freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports and /usr/local/java Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:16:57 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <20020816101811.B29093-100000@turing.morons.org> <200208161847.UAA24942@smtp.hccnet.nl> <200208161510.53915.absinthe@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <200208161510.53915.absinthe@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Dylan, > Eventually it should be folded into hier(7). The problem with that manpage > is that it does not fully define the structure of /usr/local except to say > that it should follow /usr. Yeah, we can suggest extending hier(7), perhaps for Java-specific issues only (at first). And http://www.freebsd.org/java/ should also mention these rules. Thirdly, these rules should also go into the Porters Guide. Finally, portlint should be extended to check these rules if possible. > I have changed the documentation to reflect SDK for Sun 1.2.x 1.3.x and > 1.4.x to be consistent with Sun's pages, and am addressing the SDK/JDK > naming issue in the FAQ. Sounds wise. Ernst To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message