[fedora-java] /usr/share/java and JNI libraries

[David Walluck]

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Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:33:26AM -0700, Anthony Green wrote:
>> 
>> I believe most end up in %{_libdir}.
> 
> Aren't jni files dlopened? If it is the case they should not be
> in %{_libdir}, but in a subdirectory. 
> 
> Are there packaging guidelines for java where such issues are 
> explained?

Actually, I think you are right, but traditionally they have been but in
%{_libdir}, and *jars* which depend on libraries have gone in %{_jnidir}
= %{_libdir}/jni, per the JPackage 1.5 spec.

Is it also a problem having jars (non-binaries) inside %{_libdir}? Then
maybe %{_jnidir} should be %{_datadir}/jni then?

I would tend to think that Debian is more correct here:

Libraries: %{_libdir}/jni
Jars that dlopen() these libraries: {_libdir}/java

So, JPackage is sort of backwards from Debian, but I am not sure if that
jar directory makes sense.

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Sincerely,

David Walluck
<david at zarb.org>
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