From owner-freebsd-java Mon Apr 1 16:31: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from hronir.scardini.com (dsl-209-162-215-176.easystreet.com [209.162.215.176]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DDC837B41B; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:30:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from uqbar (host-202-5.pubnet.pdx.edu [131.252.202.5]) (authenticated) by hronir.scardini.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g320Uth80892; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:30:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chrise@scardini.com) Received: (from chrise@localhost) by uqbar (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g320UsP42054; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:30:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chrise) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:30:54 -0800 From: Christopher Elkins To: Ernst de Haan Cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building libraries from source Message-ID: <20020401163054.B38222@uqbar.pdx.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Ernst de Haan , java@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200203301513.QAA05511@smtp.hccnet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200203301513.QAA05511@smtp.hccnet.nl>; from znerd@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 04:11:43PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 04:11:43PM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote: > > Now that we have a bsd.java.mk, we should first get the current ports to use > USE_JAVA. Then at the same time we can define the destination directories for > the shared libraries (JARs), for the JavaDoc files, etc. > > What is also one of my goals is building all Java ports from source. > Currently ports like www/jakarta-tomcat download pre-built JARs. IMHO it > would be an improvement if all dependency libraries for this JAR would be > downloaded and installed separately, so everything can be installed from > source. > > An extra advantage is, that you can then upgrade a library like xerces and > have all libraries that use xerces use the upgraded version of xerces. I know > that this may be a disadvantage in some cases too :) > > Any thoughts on the subject ? Does this mean that you'd prefer to hold off on adding new ports until (1) the shared directories have been determined/finalized and (2) the infrastructure for building from source is in place? I have a whole bunch of project dependencies for which I'd like to create ports. I can create binary ports now and update them later to build from source, but I don't want to create unnecessary work for committers. -- Christopher Elkins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message