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From: Calvin Varney <calvin@varney.org>
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Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org> writes:

>> I'm new to the porting process and currently trying to port a java
>> application server.
>
> Which one? Orion, Tomcat 3, Tomcat 4, JBoss 2 and JBoss 3 are already in the 
> ports. I suggest you take the Orion port (www/orion) as a starting point and 
> work from there.

JOnAS
WWW: http://www.objectweb.org/jonas/index.html

>
>> I note some ports write to /var/log and others to
>> ${PREFIX}/portname/log.
>
> I have no definite answer. I just let my ports log to the port installation 
> directory, like ${PREFIX}/orion1.5.4 for Orion.
>
> PS: Have you tried the java@FreeBSD.org mailing list?

Do follow this list but hoping to find a general guideline for all
ports along the lines "the log files generated by ports should be
placed in /x/y/z" as we do in the porters handbook and hier(7) for
configuration files, documentation, examples etc.

Thanks for the comment, if I don't receive any other feedback I'll
probably go with the port installation directory as you have with
Orion.

-- 
Calvin Varney


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