From owner-freebsd-java Thu Dec 17 20:52:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16458 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:52:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA16452 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:52:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA47842; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 23:50:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 23:50:25 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Tony Kimball cc: J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Where to put java libs In-Reply-To: <13945.53939.619702.238686@avalon.east> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Tony Kimball wrote: > Quoth Joe Shevland on Fri, 18 December: > : How about standardizing on a /usr/local/lib/java? > > /usr/local/share/java. Tell me one other library or executeable that goes into share, under FreeBSD, then I might consider this. The java files he's talking about aren't docs, aren't templates of any kind, they're libs (java type libs, they don't look like C libs, that's .jar and .zip files) and executeables (.class files). Heck, you probably know that already (I'm new to the java list) but nothing else I see under share seems to be the same type of thing. According to hier(7), /usr/share is: share/ architecture-independent ascii text files and it goes on to say that, if this is under local, the same rules apply, just that it's locally installed stuff. Well, the class files, jar files, zip files, etc, aren't ascii. The only way to stretch this is claiming its architecturally independent, but so is tcl (establishing a precedent for /usr/local/lib, for arch-independent stuff). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message