[fedora-java] /usr/share/java and JNI libraries

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le lundi 26 mars 2007 à 15:04 -0400, David Walluck a écrit :
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> Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:33:26AM -0700, Anthony Green wrote:
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> >> I believe most end up in %{_libdir}.
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> > Aren't jni files dlopened? If it is the case they should not be
> > in %{_libdir}, but in a subdirectory. 
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> > Are there packaging guidelines for java where such issues are 
> > explained?
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> Actually, I think you are right, but traditionally they have been but in
> %{_libdir}, and *jars* which depend on libraries have gone in %{_jnidir}
> = %{_libdir}/jni, per the JPackage 1.5 spec.
> 
> Is it also a problem having jars (non-binaries) inside %{_libdir}? Then
> maybe %{_jnidir} should be %{_datadir}/jni then?

jni jars are not arch independant so they should be in
%{_libdir}/something

> I would tend to think that Debian is more correct here:
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> Libraries: %{_libdir}/jni
> Jars that dlopen() these libraries: {_libdir}/java

except we already have the jvms there

> So, JPackage is sort of backwards from Debian, but I am not sure if that
> jar directory makes sense.

You could mix library and jar files in {_jnidir}, but it's probably
saner to define two distinct roots under %{_libdir}

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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