It would also be nice if the script could handle j2ee as well as j2sdk or j2re.
J. R. Westmoreland On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 11:57:12PM +0100, Hubert Schmid wrote: > Hi, > > a long time ago, I promised to rework my package mpkg-j2sdk in two weeks. > I didn't accomplish this in two weeks, but now there is a new version and > I renamed the package into "j2se-package". > > j2se-package creates a (binary) Debian package from an upstream binary > Java(TM) 2 SDK or RE distribution, in order to easily install the > non-free Java VMs on Debian machines. > > The new version works as follows: > > - j2se-package takes an J2SDK or J2RE and puts everything in > /usr/lib/j2[sdk|re][1.3|1.4]-vendor. It also creates a copyright file > and a README file in /usr/share/doc, but that's almost all. > > - For each upstream release from each vendor, there is a "peer"-package, > that does the required stuff to integrate the package into debian. > Currently it only updates alternatives, but it may also contain wrapper > scripts, menu entries, etc. > > The advantage of this separation is, that the most problems can be easily > fixed in the peer-package and the user doesn't need rebuild the binary > package each time. > > The current version of "j2se-package" only supports Java2 SDK 1.4 from Sun > Microsystems(TM), but I will add support for other J2REs und J2SDKs soon. > The packages and sources can be found on my website > http://www.z42.de/debian/ > > regards, > Hubert Schmid > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- J.R. Westmoreland (W7JR) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]