Name change proposal for rmic, rmiregistry and jar

Andrew Pinski pinskia@physics.uc.edu
Sat Jun 19 22:54:00 GMT 2004


> 
> 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



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