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On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Thomas Klausner wrote:

>Since Krister has been doing bulk builds for a long while now, I'm
>quite sure that he knows how to configure bulk builds correctly,
>so I'm convinced that something's missing or broken in the packages,
>not the bulk build setup.

With due respect, the setting of `JAVA_HOME' is a basic requirement on 
_all_ platforms on which java is used.  It is as elementary as setting 
PATH for unix command line work, or CFLAGS for C development.

If JAVA_HOME is not set during the bulk build process, the bulk build 
process is in error.

If this package is removed because the bulk build process is in error, I 
will re-import it.


>I don't presume to know much about how java is supposed to work in
>pkgsrc. However, I don't think that JAVA_HOME is a variable that
>should be set by the user (or system, or bulk build administrator).


Actually, JAVA_HOME is _clearly documented_ in 
pkgsrc/mk/defaults as a user-settable variable.  I'm not sure where you 
got the idea that it wasn't...

A user should not expect random java builds in pkgsrc to work if 
JAVA_HOME is unset, any more than he should expect random c builds to 
work in pkgsrc if /usr/bin is not in PATH.

It's also worth noting that the very fact that these packages built 
successfully in bulk builds for several _years_ before last April shows 
that it is the bulk build system which has changed, not the packages 
(which have not been updated).

>Thanks for the feedback on ap-jserv.

You're very welcome!

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				Jim Wise
				jwise@draga.com
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