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Re: Java libraries and proposal.
- To: Joe Emenaker <joe at emenaker dot com>
- Subject: Re: Java libraries and proposal.
- From: Adam Heath <adam at lapdoog dot doogie dot brainfood dot com>
- Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 16:13:31 -0500 (CDT)
- cc: Greg Wilkins <gregw at mortbay dot com>, <debian-java at lists dot debian dot org>, <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Joe Emenaker wrote:
> > Just to complicate the situation....
> >
> > Any script that builds a PATHS,CLASSPATH, must also consider stripping
> > conflicts from them.
>
> Well, each JVM on the system could have a script that builds the classpath
> that it needs. That would be the first thing in the actual classpath passed
> to the JVM. Next, you tack on the existing $CLASSPATH contents. Lastly, you
> add the auto-generated stuff in ./lib, ./classes, $HOME/lib, $HOME/classes,
> /usr/share/java/lib, and /usr/share/java/classes.
$CLASSPATH should ALWAYS be first, in any auto-generated setup. How else
would I be able to override something in a system directory?