[fedora-java] /usr/lib/jni support in Fedora
Omair Majid
omajid at redhat.com
Tue Jul 29 14:59:05 UTC 2014
* Florian Weimer <fweimer at 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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