From owner-freebsd-java Fri Dec 18 12:16:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA25269 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:16:53 -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 MAA25246 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:16:50 -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 PAA00770; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:15:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:15:19 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Brian Cully cc: Tony Kimball , J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put java libs In-Reply-To: <19981218150524.C26461@kublai.com> 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 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