RE: [stellation-res] JRE as project library

["Jonathan Gossage" <jgossage@xxxxxxxx>]

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark C.
> >Chu-Carroll
> >Sent: December 30, 2002 6:01 AM
> >To: Stellation-res
> >Subject: RE: [stellation-res] JRE as project library
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 15:47, Jonathan Gossage wrote:
> >> > >-----Original Message-----
> >> > >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark C.
> >> > >Chu-Carroll
> >> > >Sent: December 30, 2002 4:49 AM
> >> > >To: Stellation-res
> >> > >Subject: Re: [stellation-res] JRE as project library
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 12:59, Jonathan Gossage wrote:
> >> > >> For some reason, the file /opt/IBMJava2-14/jre/lib/server.jar
> >> > >has been added
> >> > >> as a prerequisite to the org.eclipse.stellation.core
> >project. Is it the
> >> > >> intent to restrict Stellation to only run with this JRE
> >and if so is it
> >> > >> available in Windows? In addition the path is hard coded to
> >> > >something that
> >> > >> is seldom present on Windows based systems. If libraries such
> >> > >as this are
> >> > >> added, would it be possible to use path variables to allow for
> >> > >different
> >> > >> user configurations.
> >> > >
> >> > >Sorry; that's an error on my part.
> >> > >
> >> > >I recently re-installed Linux on my system, and the new version came
> >> > >with JDK 1.4. In 1.4, the standard lib discovered by Eclipse doesn't
> >> > >include the java.sql stuff; that's in another jar which isn't added
> >> > >to the path by default. I tried to set it up using a value
> >derived from
> >> > >the JRE_LIB classpath variable in the project
> >configuration. If I had
> >> > >gotten it right, it would have made things work nicely
> >under JDKs that
> >> > >needed the separate entry to pull in the sql classes, and
> >it wouldn't
> >> > >have caused any problem for JDKs that didn't.
> >> > >
> >> > >Unfortunately, I got it wrong. I'll try to figure out how to get
> >> > >that right today.
> >> > >
> >> > >	-Mark
> >> > >
> >> As far as I know, Eclipse 2.1 M3/M4 support finding these jars
> >> automatically. Check preferences->Java->Installed JRE's and
> >then edit the
> >> entry for your default JRE. You should see acomplete list of
> >the jars that
> >> have been detected. I believe that you can also add to the
> >list. This keeps
> >> everything to do with the JRE independent of the project.
> >
> >That wasn't it. After going back to look... The usual entry in the
> >project property for the JRE_LIBs was, for some reason that I fail to
> >understand, set to "JRE_LIB/core.jar" when I updated to M4. I deleted
> >all of the entries from the classpath panel of the project properties,
> >and then re-added the default JRE_LIB entry for all libraries packaged
> >with the JRE, and all seems to be working. I've checked in it; please
> >synch with it and doublecheck that it works now. (This Linux
> >installation that I'm using is so screwed up that I trust nothing
> >about it to behave correctly. So the fact that it's working here gives
> >me no confidence. First thing when I'm back in the office after
> >Newyears is switching back to a sane system.)
> >
> >	-Mark
> >
> >
> >
It seems OK now. BTW I have problems like you are describing with any Linux
system. I find that housekeeping task take 100 times as long to perform on
Linux. I have been trying off-and-on for weeks to get a Linux system going
without success.

Regards

Jonathan

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