Subject: Re: package containing a jar
To: Roland Illig <roland.illig@gmx.de>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/30/2004 10:13:25
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 02:31:22AM +0200, Roland Illig wrote:
> Jan Schaumann wrote:
> > Do we have any specific location into which to install applications
> > that consist entirely of a jar?
> >
> > I install the jar into ${PREFIX}/java/jars and create a shell-script
> > wrapper to put into ${PREFIX}/bin.  Does that seem reasonable?
>=20
> For wip/igowin (a Win32 Go playing program) I had taken the approach
> to install everything into ${PREFIX}/share/${PKGNAME}. I just don't
> see why java applications should all go into a directory
> ${PREFIX}/java/jar, as that is what the name ${PREFIX}/java/jar
> suggests.

fwiw, ${PREFIX}/lib{exec,data} sound more appropriate than
${PREFIX}/share.


regards,

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