-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tags 283557 + wontfix thanks
Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:02:06 +0100, Eric Lavarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Hi, > my suggestion would be to define the directory /usr/lib/java as default > java-home, so that someone can define a default value for the variable > JAVA_HOME, which some utilities seem to require. > I think of something like the following in a shell script: > ${JAVA_HOME:=/usr/lib/java} ,----[ /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.txt ] | 9.9. Environment variables | -------------------------- | | A program must not depend on environment variables to get | reasonable defaults. (That's because these environment variables | would have to be set in a system-wide configuration file like | `/etc/profile', which is not supported by all shells.) | [...] `---- Which program does need JAVA_HOME? and why? IMHO this is not a clean design. Cheers, PS: If someone else wanna take care of this bug, just remove the 'wontfix' tag. - -- .''`. : :' :rnaud `. `' `- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBtX0M4vzFZu62tMIRAqNyAJ4tN8NhKI8KvJlOt9jPkSy/cWqaigCeOz6E 8heIfve8u60yU9d9tJdv2ag= =MvYX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----