From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GlC0F-0008PX-RD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:16:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAHMF8Fj014625; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:15:08 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAHMF8QG023843 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:15:08 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65239642CA for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:15:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.11 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.11 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.419, BAYES_00=-2.599, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE=0.2, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST=1.708] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Y1f3f4ywyd-r for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:15:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (smtp006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.11.95]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DFFED6436A for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:15:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 49277 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2006 22:12:58 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.uk; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=oJJk/IFY4TdXmgCxyPNV9gBRgoaZcwg1yl/tW/ujjJxgdaQ52AmIB+mBwv8qsmCP+Ne9nJqr8aaDLfEWcJiOfBk890gmiCr0SaFvGDpvaqRyTkzbTW6+YxVgcDPGZfYnArub4asaqj1f4TOSkAPc4VTiJw5TLn4U6RMrraaiSng= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (matt_bucknall@82.34.113.129 with plain) by smtp006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Nov 2006 22:12:58 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: CKvomWUVM1mxGstq9XkkGXIwIeGhHjkLRepbYgm7V7Srsl_knlWau3IklZuw0gwCiy71Zyuw2Cd.61CJquQ5iWTV5YP9UYegFNYaK2QuPFuoSSFK2OY- Message-ID: <455E340C.5070708@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:13:32 +0000 From: Matt Bucknall User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061021) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-java@gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-java] CLASSPATH deprecated? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c7f168df-23ce-4e92-8095-e03691c1e0e1 X-Archives-Hash: bd1c7e32aa9b97fff3a4b44029ff6469 Hello, In section 6 of the Gentoo Java Guide, it mentions that setting a system-wide CLASSPATH should be considered deprecated because applications should manage their own classpaths. This makes sense, but I am wondering, how are applications expected to do this? If an application needs to make use of a 3rd party JAR, does it have to include it as part of its own installation so it knows which version it is, and where it is located, or is there some less brute-force automated means for an application to locate installed libraries? Thanks, Matt. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- gentoo-java@gentoo.org mailing list