Re: [fedora-java] JNI packaging guidelines for optional native sub-package

[Christopher]

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Christopher <ctubbsii(a)apache.org&gt; wrote:

>  Hello all,
>
>  I'm working on packaging a jar which includes a java-only
>  implementation, and optionally loads [System.load()] if configured to
>  do so and the shared library is available.
>
>  The actual (arch-dependent) shared library is provided in a separate
>  sub-package (because it's optional). This means that technically, the
>  jar can be noarch. Therefore, it makes much more sense to use the
>  System.loadLibrary() call rather than enforce arch-dependent paths.
>
>  The JNI packaging guidelines seem to written with the assumption that
>  the package which includes the JNI jar also includes the .so, but
>  that's not the case here, since the .so is optional and provided in a
>  separate arch-dependent sub-package.
>
>  What is the right packaging procedure here? I'm inclined to think that
>  using System.loadLibrary() is appropriate in these circumstances, and
>  that the jar should be placed in the normal %{_javadir}/%{name} rather
>  than the %{_jnidir} area, since it's technically noarch, and the JNI
>  features are optional.
>
>  --
>  Christopher L Tubbs II
>  http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii
>  
Adding devel@ to this question about packaging, since no response in 2 days
from java-devel@