Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 00:08:31 -0600 (CST) From: Damon Permezel <dap@damon.com> To: iang@systemics.com (Ian Grigg) Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: jdk115 JNI requires ELF, gcc makes a.out Message-ID: <199802030608.AAA08954@damon.com> In-Reply-To: <34D6A37E.29B3C1AE@systemics.com> from Ian Grigg at "Feb 3, 98 04:56:30 am"
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"Ian Grigg sez: " > Perhaps I'd better throw some questions in: > > * is "complete" synonymous with absolute? No. Complete is synonymous with "add the suffix, and don't expect us to add .dll or .so or .a" > * is this a bug, or a misinterpretation? The former. > * should I be using System.loadLibrary? Yes. > * can I use absolute, relative, or what? Add "/" to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH if you really want absolute to work. > * ... $$$ Some of this is opinion, and may be open to debate. Like "if the specified path begins with a `/', why not attempt that first". And "well, we don't want to encourage absolute paths, as this leads to inflexibility".
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