Bug 173101

Summary:	Handbook contains info about CLASSPATH as a global environment variable
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	Petteri Räty (RETIRED) <betelgeuse>
Component:	Installation Handbook	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	java
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=5
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Petteri Räty (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-02 08:57:09 UTC

Setting a global CLASSPATH is bad and should not be done. Please remove references to doing this from:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=5

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/java.xml

Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-02 09:42:17 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> Setting a global CLASSPATH is bad and should not be done. Please remove
> references to doing this from:
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=5

Fixed.

> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/java.xml

Dunno what to do with that one.

Comment 2 Petteri Räty (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-02 09:50:42 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> 
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/java.xml
> 
> Dunno what to do with that one.
> 

Nothing to do with that as it was just a link describing why it's not supported.

Comment 3 Jan Kundrát (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-02 09:58:13 UTC

Done then :).