On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:58:03PM +0200, Jan Schulz wrote: > * Matt Zimmerman wrote: > >JAVA_HOME seems silly in Debian, where we have alternatives to manage these > >things. I wish it would go away. > > I do not! > > The current update-alternatives system isn't working, when you don't > have a way to prevent 'not fit to the work' /usr/bin/java to use it. > > Curently my /usr/bin/java is assigned to the blackdown packages, but > almost eveywhere else I use a more up2date jdk (all of them > unfortunatelly not even managing u-a).
I don't understand. What does JAVA_HOME provide that you cannot achieve with alternatives, besides compatibility with programs which expect JAVA_HOME (which is a truism)? > What I would like to see: > > * add a script/way to recognise/install/make known any installed > /bin/java, together with some rules/infos, what cpabilities this > java has. > * add a script to java-common, which returns a appropriated java, based on > . version and api needed > . user settings in JAVA_HOME This is what update-alternatives does. -- - mdz