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Re: `make install` should install the info files in java


On Wednesday, April 4, 2001, at 06:58 AM, Per Bothner wrote:

In any case, I think it is wrong to install fastjar as "fastjar".
It should be installed as "jar" (if installed at all), just like
"GNU make" is installed as "make".

Red Hat tried this a while back by installing Kaffe as "java", but all it did was create headaches and piss people off. GCJ's tools are likely to be installed in the default path, so by giving them conflicting names we would making it very difficult to have both GCJ and the JDK installed and working simultaneously. Admittedly, in the case of fastjar, people are unlikely to notice or care, but this would be setting a dangerous precedent. I definitely don't like the idea of installing gij as java or "gcj -C" as javac.

regards

[ bryce ]

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