* Florian Weimer <fweimer(a)redhat.com> [2014-07-29 07:31]:
On 07/29/2014 01:17 PM, Jiri Vanek wrote:
>On 07/29/2014 01:05 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
>>As far as I can tell, currently, System.loadLibrary() is mostly
>>unusable for Java libraries because
>>they cannot influence the library search path. If you want to
>>transparently load a DSO, you need to
>>use System.load() and hard-code the path. This probably means
>>patching upstream sources.
>>
>>Debian patches the default search path so that System.loadLibrary()
>>searches /usr/lib/jni for DSOs
>>with native code. This means that classes which call
>>System.loadLibrary() just work, assuming that
>>the Debian package installs its DSOs into /usr/lib/jni.
>>
>>Can we do something similar in Fedora? We probably want /usr/lib/jni
>>and /usr/lib64/jni, for
>>consistency with the rest of the system.
>
>Then the most simple way is to provide symlinks in
>java-1.{7,8}.0-openjdk spec
>
>from /usr/lib/jni | /usr/lib64/jni, -to> /usr/lib/jvm/java..../... ?
Is it a good idea to install files from RPMs through a symbolic link?
We could use the alternatives mechanism for this.
I
suspect it's not, which would mean we'd have to use the upstream default
"/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64" in spec files (probably using a macro). If
that path is acceptable, it would be fine with me as well, but it looks a
bit ugly to me.
We can change (add and remove from) this path in the JDKs that we ship,
if we have to.
Thanks,
Omair
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