[Libguestfs] Questions on libguestfs-java

[Arik Hadas]

On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 12:22 AM Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 01:54:16PM +0300, Arik Hadas wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When using the libguestfs-java bindings, java.library.path should point
> to
> > the place the JNI stuff resides in. In [1] it was suggested to set it
> > to /usr/local/lib
> > but apparently, it is deployed elsewhere in other distributions, right?
> so
> > I wonder what is the recommended way of setting it in a Java application
> > that could execute on various distributions.
> >
> > Additionally, the libguestfs-java bindings for Fedora 30 seem to be
> missing
> > - is it a known issue?
> >
> > [1]
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2012-September/msg00057.html
>
> I actually have no idea about any of these issues.  However I would
> note that the Java bindings do need some attention:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1536762
>
> Patches welcome!
>

Ack.
In addition to the things proposed in that bz, I think it would also be
great to:
1. Support Java streams in addition to files - talked about it a bit with
Pino at FOSDEM
2. Have a configuration file that points to the location of the JNI part at
a known place (that the application can use)

The context of this is the integration with muCommander.
There's already an on-going initiative to leverage this functionality (!)

I'll try to address some of those things.


>
> Rich.
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