Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:35:36 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JDK1.1.7.V98-12-21 released Message-ID: <199812221535.IAA06007@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpyao0tcr4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <199812220541.WAA04451@mt.sri.com> <xzpyao0tcr4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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> > This is merely a bugfix release. The JDK now has fixes for all bugs
> > specific to the FreeBSD port. (JDK bugs shared with the Solaris port
> > still exist...) Thanks go to Keith White who provided most of the
> > bugfixes for this release.
> > [...]
>
> I have a few suggestions about the port:
>
> 1) install the source code under ${PREFIX}/jdk1.1.7/src instead of
> leaving it packed
This is how Sun distributes it. The sources are (IMO) not much good to
have around, especially unpacked. It would also make the distribution
*much* bigger.
> 2) symlink ${PREFIX}/jdk1.1.7 to ${PREFIX}/java
This is how Sun distributes it. I also don't think it's a good idea,
since you may want to have (will probably want to have) multiple JDK's
on your system at any one time.
> 3) after installing the port, display (or point to a README
> containing) instructions for setting PATH and CLASSPATH
> correctly: ${PREFIX}/java/bin should be added to the PATH,
> and the CLASSPATH should be set to ${PREFIX}/lib/classes.zip:.
I'm no port weenie. Feel free to modify the port to do this.
Nate
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