Questions about porting a Java application

[Herve Quiroz]

Manfred,

I don't know if the INSTALLDIR/doc is mandatory, but I'll assume it's
not. Hence, I would do the following:

- install 'INSTALL-DIR/bin/*' in ${JAVASHAREDIR}/${PORTNAME}/bin/
- install 'INSTALL-DIR/lib/*' in ${JAVASHAREDIR}/${PORTNAME}/lib/
- install 'INSTALL-DIR/*' in ${JAVASHAREDIR}/${PORTNAME}/
- install 'INSTALL-DIR/doc/*' in ${DOCSDIR}/
- symlink ${JAVASHAREDIR}/${PORTNAME}/bin/<executable_script> in
  ${PREFIX}/bin.

I'm not sure about the last point though. Maybe it's even more simple to
install directly in ${PREFIX}/bin if the application allows it.

Herve

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:17:58AM -0500, Manfred N. Riem wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a Java application that I want to port and I have read the better
> part of [1]. The application that I want to port unfortunately has a
> specific structure that does NOT make it possible to adhere to the
> practices. What is the general thing to do in such a case?
> 
> As far as I can tell from the Win32 starter script for the application it
> insists on an application
> directory with the following structure
> 
>   INSTALL-DIR
> 	|
> 	+---- bin
> 	|
> 	+---- doc
> 	|
> 	+---- lib
> 
> Any advice about this?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Manfred Riem
> mriem at manorrock.org
> 
> [1] Porter's Handbook - Using Java - Best practices
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/using-java
> .html#JAVA-BEST-PRACTICES