From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from fe170.worldonline.dk (fe170.worldonline.dk [212.54.64.199]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 88D1120EC58E for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 15:08:09 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 6608 invoked by uid 0); 23 Mar 2002 21:04:01 -0000 Received: from 213.237.42.59.adsl.vby.worldonline.dk (HELO pegasus.lasj.dk) (213.237.42.59) by fe170.worldonline.dk with SMTP; 23 Mar 2002 21:04:01 -0000 From: "Lars S. Jensen" To: Gentoo dev Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2- Date: 23 Mar 2002 22:01:19 +0100 Message-Id: <1016917279.2635.72.camel@pegasus.lasj.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [gentoo-dev] How shall ebuild handle binary package (jar file)? Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 25e182db-1771-4a61-be84-84dcaa0573af X-Archives-Hash: 344a3b59fe173549a4a63f65cf7929ed I am trying to fix the problem with postgresql-7.2 and sun-jdk1.4 -- it is installed without JDBC support because sun-jdk1.4 can't compile a JDBC 2.x interface but it can use it at runtime with the precompile jar-file pgjdbc2.jar. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=713 I need to install the precompile jar-file pgjdbc2.jar in the ebuild. One solution is to pack it in a tarfile and install/unpack it like the nvidia-glx -- is that OK? Can 'use java' handle versions, so that we can compile it with versions below 1.4 or shall we allways install the precompiled version! Lars S. Jensen