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From: Matt Bucknall <matt_bucknall@××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-java@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-java] CLASSPATH deprecated?
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:16:08
Message-Id: 455E340C.5070708@yahoo.co.uk
1 Hello,
2
3 In section 6 of the Gentoo Java Guide, it mentions that setting a
4 system-wide CLASSPATH should be considered deprecated because
5 applications should manage their own classpaths. This makes sense, but I
6 am wondering, how are applications expected to do this? If an
7 application needs to make use of a 3rd party JAR, does it have to
8 include it as part of its own installation so it knows which version it
9 is, and where it is located, or is there some less brute-force automated
10 means for an application to locate installed libraries?
11
12 Thanks,
13
14 Matt.
15
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Re: [gentoo-java] CLASSPATH deprecated? Federico Fissore <federico@××××.org>