Re: Support bsd.java.mk

[Ernst de Haan <znerd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jesse :)

Ernst


On Wednesday 27 February 2002 16:47, Jesse McConnell wrote:
> Great idea!  I think this will really help increase peoples awareness
> for java support on freebsd.  I would love to get more people aware of
> how good java is on fbsd.  I have run the linux JDK's a lot and they
> just seem prone to failures when you change kernel versions, or
> especially have any differences in the glibc stuff.  Never really had a
> problem with java on fbsd. :)
>
> I wanted to comment on that bsd.java.mk file.  I really like the
> idea of adding it as I am working jboss ports at the moment.  I should
> make that a lot easier.  One note that I think we might want to consider
> is where javadoc information could go.
>
> Perhaps if those are chosen to be installed then we could install them
> into ${PREFIX}share/doc/java .  All javadoc apis could be installed into
> subdirs based on port name and then tweak a html file in that java
> directory adding the link to that subdir's api info.  Then flash a
> message at the end of the port install mentioning that the docs are
> browsable via a local browser or by linking to that directory from
> perhaps /usr/local/www/data.  That would all people to link in a page or
> directory which would provide access to all javadoc info.
>
> Another thing I have read talked about is where the jars could go on
> simple things like helper classes.  I like the idea of helper classes
> getting installed in something like /usr/local/java/libs or jars.  Then
> we could provide a script like the glib12-config and gtk12-config only
> for the classpath.
>
> It would be handy to be able to set your classpath with all those
> special helper classes just by typing:
>
> export CLASSPATH=`java-config`
>
> Chau!
> Jesse

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