Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:05:24 -0500 From: Brian Cully <shmit@kublai.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, Tony Kimball <alk@pobox.com> Cc: J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put java libs Message-ID: <19981218150524.C26461@kublai.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812172343480.348-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 11:50:25PM -0500 References: <13945.53939.619702.238686@avalon.east> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812172343480.348-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 11:50:25PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > 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). I think it's a mistake to put things other than libraries in lib, from hier(7): lib/ archive libraries ... libdata/ misc. utility data files Tcl stuff should be in libdata or share, so should Java stuff. Lib is definately /not/ the right place for them, its just the de-facto standard amongst Linux weenies. -- Brian Cully <shmit@rcn.com> You think you're queer? I've got news for you: we're all queer. If you get befuddled by a middle class morality, shut it out. Shut it out.... Is there an absolute morality? I don't think so. You think so? Act that way. -- Glengarry Glen Ross To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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