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From: Joshua Nichols <nichoj@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to the way Java packages are built
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:35:57
Message-Id: 44968B2B.1020606@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to the way Java packages are built by "Kevin F. Quinn"
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4 Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
5 > First off - good work Java Team :)
6 >
7 > On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:39:06 -0500
8 > Joshua Nichols <nichoj@g.o> wrote:
9 >
10 >> [...] Additionally, an environment
11 >> variable, GENTOO_VM, can be used to specify the VM used at a given
12 >> instance. GENTOO_VM should be the name of a VM located
13 >> in /usr/lib/jvm. So with regard to what VM is used, first GENTOO_VM
14 >> is checked, then the user VM (for non-root users), and then lastly
15 >> the system VM.
16 >
17 > A better name for this would be GENTOO_JVM, as the Java VM isn't the
18 > only type of virtual machine out there.
19
20 Good point. I actually had thoughts of changing it to JAVA_VM, so it'd
21 be distro-neutral. Changing this should be pretty painless, and mostly
22 involve doing a few in-place seds.
23
24 > Any chance java-config* could be reworked as one or more eselect
25 > modules?
26
27 I forgot to mention, but there is an eseelct module, for selecting /
28 displaying the user and system VM.
29
30 Josh.
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