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Re: Name change proposal for rmic, rmiregistry and jar
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
- To: fitzsim at redhat dot com (Thomas Fitzsimmons)
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 16:35:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Name change proposal for rmic, rmiregistry and jar
>
> Hi,
>
> I propose that we rename rmic to grmic, rmiregistry to grmiregistry and
> jar (back to?) to fastjar.
>
> Currently, these tools' names conflict with jpackage.org packaging
> conventions, which dictate that /usr/bin/rmic, /usr/bin/rmiregistry and
> /usr/bin/jar must be alternatives-managed symlinks.
>
> Likely some people are relying on the names of these gcj-installed
> tools. Packagers will have to create symlinks if they want to provide a
> smooth transition to the new names.
>
> Any objections?
Yes I compile gcj myself and I do not want to create the symlinks myself.
Maybe adding a switch to configure/Makefiles to not to create the symlinks
would be fine with me.
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski