Re: [gentoo-java] JAVA_HOME set to 1.4.2

["Wiktor Wandachowicz" <siryes@gmail.com>]

> That's actually not true. What you lose, is the benefit of not having
> the current VM tied to the environment. Specifically, if you don't have
> a user VM set... JAVA_HOME would point at the system VM... but if at
> some point, you set a user VM, JAVA_HOME would still point to the
> system VM until you source whichever file you add that snippet to.
>
> It is extremely important to note that if you decide to use the snippet
> for root, then java-config-1 has no way of knowing what the generation-1
> VM is, because it uses JAVA_HOME to determine this.

That's what I've meant when I wrote "some of the benefits".
Independence from the environment settings was the most obvious
one. But thanks for the clarification straight from the source.

Given the consequences, I think that the script snippet from the
docs can be put in a file. Then it could be sourced only when
necessary before running specific scripts. This way Kurt can have
best of both worlds, benefits from generation-2 and working
scripts that depend on JAVA_HOME variable.

Regards,
Wiktor

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