[Jython-dev] Re: [Jython-users] How to add support for other OS's in Jython installer?

[Brad C. <bk...@mu...>]

On 27 Mar 2001, at 10:45, Finn Bock wrote:

> [Moved to jython-dev and cc'ed: liftoff-users]

Thanks, I don't think I'm on the jython-dev list however.

> >To install, the .class needs to be unzipped somewhere (I suggest sys:Jython)
> 
> By default the installer picks the user.home property. If that property
> is initialized by the netware JVM, we should just use that.

There isn't a user.. see next comment

> >1. Add jython.jar to classpath by appending a line like this to the file sys:etc/java.cfg
> >
> >CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH;sys:Jython/jython.jar
> >
> >(substitute the correct path)
> 
> I don't yet have a wellformed opinion about this, but I would prefer if
> the installation set the classpath in the script files if at all
> possible. Not only does that match windows and unix behavior, it also
> avoids a lot of problems with proper access rights to sys:etc (I guess).

When operating at the NetWare system console, you *are* God. There is no security 
and you have full and complete rights to the entire system. There isn't any concept of 
"user" either.

I think classpath could be specified in the .ncf files, but the ultimate goal is to be able to 
use Jython in servlets and other java programs without having to include the full Jython 
distribution into every servlet .jar file.

There's no way to easily modify all the other programs to include Jython.jar in their 
command line, so it seems to me that Jython.jar should be a system-wide .jar file for 
this environment.

I'm certainly open to other suggestions!


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