[gentoo-dev] How shall ebuild handle binary package (jar file)?

[gentoo-dev] How shall ebuild handle binary package (jar file)?

[Lars S. Jensen]

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

Re: [gentoo-dev] How shall ebuild handle binary package (jar file)?

[Karl Trygve Kalleberg]

On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 10:01:19PM +0100, Lars S. Jensen wrote:
> 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.

You should not precompile it.

> One solution is to pack it in a tarfile and install/unpack it like the
> nvidia-glx -- is that OK?

No.

> Can 'use java' handle versions, so that we can compile it with versions
> below 1.4 or shall we allways install the precompiled version! 

Why can't you have the postgres ebuild depend on <virtual/jdk-1.4, then
this problem goes away. 


We will not add pre-built binaries in our source tree just because
jdk-1.4, which is spanking new, has a few issues the first few months.


Kind regards,

Karl T

Re: [gentoo-dev] How shall ebuild handle binary package (jar file)?

[Karl Trygve Kalleberg]

Great of you to tackle this! 

I strongly object to the pre-built binary approach. It goes in the face
of most of what Gentoo is about. I see that I should put the Java ebuild
guidelines up for public perusal, as they explain exactly why it's a
good idea to not pre-build it.

Kind regards,

Karl T

Re: [gentoo-dev] How shall ebuild handle binary package (jar file)?

[Lars S. Jensen]

On Mon, 2002-03-25 at 15:54, Karl Trygve Kalleberg wrote:
> 
> Great of you to tackle this! 
> 
> I strongly object to the pre-built binary approach. It goes in the face
> of most of what Gentoo is about. I see that I should put the Java ebuild
> guidelines up for public perusal, as they explain exactly why it's a
> good idea to not pre-build it.
> 
I found a patch for postgresql-7.2  to support jdk1.4 (JDBC3.0) 
-- It is not compatible with jdk1.3 :-(


> Kind regards,
> 
> Karl T
>