Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:15:19 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Brian Cully <shmit@kublai.com> Cc: Tony Kimball <alk@pobox.com>, J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put java libs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812181514270.310-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19981218150524.C26461@kublai.com>
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Brian Cully wrote: > 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. Not so, it's where *FreeBSD* has installed it for years now. Linux hasn't got any small piece of blame for that, at all. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- 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
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