Re: System-wide PATH question

[Andrew Robinson <awrobinson@xxxxxxx>]

John Haxby wrote:

> Andrew Robinson wrote:
>
> > This would be more general than just a pathmunge in the /etc/profile. 
> > Is the JAVA_HOME variable needed beyond this script? In other words, 
> > do applications need the JAVA_HOME variable?
>
>
> Some things need JAVA_HOME -- netbeans springs to mind.   Some older 
> Java applications required JAVA_HOME to be set.   I set my classpath 
> based on JAVA_HOME as well.
>
> The main reason for not dinking with /etc/profile and putting a 
> separate file in /etc/profile.d is that I can re-package the Java RPM 
> to include that file and then you get the path set up when you install 
> Java.
Excellent points and well taken.

Andrew



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