From owner-freebsd-java Sun Jan 17 14:10:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA07580 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:10:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA07575 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 14:10:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id UAA04985; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:56:52 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199901171956.UAA04985@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: imgact_java anyone ? To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:56:52 +0100 (MET) Cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199901171956.MAA22142@mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Jan 17, 99 12:56:29 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > some time ago i remember patches floating around to automatically > > launch a java program much the same way as it is done with aout/elf/sh > > files. Did this go into the source tree? ... > Not that I'm aware of, and I would vote against doing it because the JDK in fact i was thinking of a configurable mechanism to add image activators for generic file formats -- while in some cases you can solve the problem with #!/bin/foo ... this requires at least patching the files and is not always possible anyways. No idea on how complex would be to implement this. cheers luigi -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- Luigi RIZZO . EMAIL: luigi@iet.unipi.it . Dip. di Ing. dell'Informazione HTTP://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ . Universita` di Pisa TEL/FAX: +39-050-568.533/522 . via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message