Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:57:20 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> To: "Shelton C. Johnson Jr." <shelton_c_j@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch to javavmwrapper.sh to support all sym-link executables in jdk/bin Message-ID: <20010409125720.A1959@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010408120303.A70236@biturbo.digitalmagic.dnsq.org>; from shelton_c_j@yahoo.com on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 12:03:03PM -0400 References: <20010408120303.A70236@biturbo.digitalmagic.dnsq.org>
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Hi Shelton,
Wow, from what you described this is a very nice enhancement. But if you want
this patch committed, then you send a PR (the `send-pr' tool).
--
Ernst
Shelton C. Johnson Jr. wrote:
>
> the Java mailing list.
>
> Hi there. I was using your javavmwrapper and came up with an interesting
> enhancement to it:
>
>
> *** /usr/ports/java/javavmwrapper/src/javavmwrapper.sh Tue Jun 20 03:40:20 2000
> --- javavm Sat Apr 7 16:50:32 2001
> ***************
> *** 20,31 ****
> # MAINTAINER= sobomax@FreeBSD.org
>
> ARGS="${*}"
> ! PREFIX="%%PREFIX%%"
> CONF="${PREFIX}/etc/javavms"
> IAM=`basename "${0}"`
>
> tryrunVM () {
> ! if [ -x "${1}" ]; then
> exec "${1}" ${2}
> fi
>
> --- 20,34 ----
> # MAINTAINER= sobomax@FreeBSD.org
>
> ARGS="${*}"
> ! PREFIX="/usr/local"
> CONF="${PREFIX}/etc/javavms"
> IAM=`basename "${0}"`
>
> tryrunVM () {
> ! Jhome=`dirname "${1}"`
> ! if [ -x "${Jhome}/${IAM}" ]; then
> ! exec "${Jhome}/${IAM}" ${2}
> ! elif [ -x "${1}" ]; then
> exec "${1}" ${2}
> fi
>
>
>
> End Patch
>
> You can ignore the PREFIX part of it for obvious reasons. I took one extra
> step in /usr/local/bin (where javavm is installed). I used one of the
> existing java installations as a template and created a set of symbolic
> links to javavm which exactly mirrored the jdk/bin directory. This lets me
> have command line access to all the java tools, such as javac and jar, even
> the esoteric ones. This is useful for ports which ought to be built using
> whatever jdk is installed, rather than depending on a specific one.
> The script I used to create these links is:
>
> cd /usr/local/bin
> for i in ../jdk1.2.2/bin/*
> do
> if [ -h $i ]; then
> k=`basename $i`
> ln -s javavm $k
> fi
> done
>
> This could be wrapped into the registerVM functionality.
>
> Let me know what you think, I hope you find this useful enough to enhance
> the javavmwrapper port.
>
> Thanks for your useful script and all the other things you do with/for FreeBSD.
>
>
> Shelton Johnson
> BSD user since 386BSD 0.0
>
> PS If the mail headers are wrong, my email address is shelton_c_j@yahoo.com
>
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