From owner-freebsd-java Wed Mar 7 9:52:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from crewsoft.com (ns.aenet.net [157.22.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823CA37B718 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:52:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cedric@wireless-networks.com) Received: from [172.17.1.25] (account cberger@wireless-networks.com HELO wireless-networks.com) by crewsoft.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.4b8) with ESMTP id 518851; Wed, 07 Mar 2001 09:55:31 -0800 Message-ID: <3AA67552.D99CCE99@wireless-networks.com> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 09:52:18 -0800 From: Cedric Berger X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ernst de Haan Cc: FreeBSD Java mailing list Subject: Re: JDK install: Unpack source ? References: <20010307113713.A2897@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Hi, > > When installing a JDK, the Java sources are usually installed with the JDK as > a .zip or .jar file. I would prefer unpacking the .jar file so I can browse > the source code at ${JAVA_HOME}/src, *and* so I can refer to the source > directory when generating Javadoc API docs (-sourcepath option). At the moment > I need to unpack the sources manually, which is fairly cumbersome for someone > that reinstalls JDK's every now and then. > > The only disadvantage I can think of is (a little) disk space. > > What are your thoughts about this? Should JDK installs unpack the sources by > default ? Most up-to-date java editors (JBuilder, Forte, ...) let you browse the source code without unpacking it. This is by far the best approach. Cedric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message