Am Mittwoch, den 02.03.2005, 08:43 +1100 schrieb Ben Burton: > gij-3.3 should have supplied an alternative for /usr/bin/java, pointing > at /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-3.3.
I agree. I also think it should have done that. But no, there was no /usr/bin/java symlink. There is now, after purging and reinstalling gij. So gij somehow failed to register. A bug in gij or in update-alternatives? Strange. > Since $JAVA_HOME is often set by default, a different variable was > chosen for overriding the alternatives system. I donât understand. Why should JAVA_HOME be set if there is no Java there? Even if thatâs the case, that is truly the userâs responsibility. Why not just have a peek into $JAVA_HOME/bin to find a java binary if the JAVA variable is not set? Why not simply use the /usr/local/bin/java binary that is in the my path? I think the order should be: 1) $JAVA if it is set; 2) any java in the path (using âwhichâ perhaps); 3) $JAVA_HOME/bin/java if JAVA_HOME is set. Not that usually 2 shouldnât fail. Bye, Mike -- |=| Michael Piefel |=| Member of the Debian project
