Re: [gentoo-java] Packaging scm-manager

[Taahir Ahmed <ahmedtd@tamu.edu>]

On Thursday, August 08, 2013 18:48:24 PM Taahir Ahmed wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm interested in packaging scm-manager [http://www.scm-manager.org/].  It's 
a 
> very nice java servlet that handles hosting git, mercurial, bazaar, and 
> subversion repositories.
> 
> I'm starting by writing an init script for my existing install (attached).  
> I've got it mostly working, I think, but I am wondering if there's a gentoo-
> approved way of setting a proper value for JAVA_HOME in the init script.
> 
> There is a file (/etc/profile.d/java-config-2.sh) that sets a value for 
> several java-related environment variables.  Is it good practice to source 
> this file from an init script?  Right now I'm just using a sub-shell call to 
> java-config to detect the active system vm.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Taahir Ahmed

One other thing: scm-manager uses maven.  Is there a maven eclass in the 
works, or do I need to run it manually from src_configure/src_compile?

Thanks,

Taahir Ahmed