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Re: Patch: RFA: allow default .db for libgcj
- From: Ranjit Mathew <rmathew at gmail dot com>
- To: Bryce McKinlay <mckinlay at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, GCJ Patches <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:40:25 +0530
- Subject: Re: Patch: RFA: allow default .db for libgcj
- References: <m3u0nnrrvr.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <422DF328.3010709@redhat.com>
Bryce McKinlay wrote:
>
> I think it would be better to define a default here. Although the .db
> stuff is still experimental, it improves ease-of-use to not have to
> worry about the location of this file. This location will need to be
> version-specific, however, since the libraries may also be version
> specific, and the db format could change in future releases.
>
> The question remains of where this file should actually go, however.
> Suggestions:
>
> <install prefix>/share/gcj/<version>/classmap.db ?
> /var/cache/gcj/<version>/classmap.db ?
In a normal multi-user environment, this is very
likely to be un-writable by ordinary users.
Would it make sense for --enable-libgcj-database
to be able to take in something like
"~/.gcj/classmap.db"? Here *gij* (and not the shell)
interprets the "~" to be the current user's $HOME.
Ranjit.
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