From owner-freebsd-java Fri Dec 18 07:01:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17142 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 07:01:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17136 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 07:00:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA24720; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 08:00:44 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA06863; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 08:00:43 -0700 Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 08:00:43 -0700 Message-Id: <199812181500.IAA06863@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Chuck Robey Cc: Tony Kimball , J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Where to put java libs In-Reply-To: References: <13945.53939.619702.238686@avalon.east> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > : 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. Share implies 'architecture independant'. All Java class libraries *are* by definition architecture independant. ..... > According to hier(7), /usr/share is: > > share/ architecture-independent ascii text files The reason the authors said 'ascii here is for the most part they are the only architecture independant files. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message