Bug 237520

Summary:	Document how to use java virtual packages in Java Packaging guide
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Petteri Räty (RETIRED) <betelgeuse>
Component:	[OLD] Java	Assignee:	Java team <java>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Petteri Räty (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-12 19:30:51 UTC

22:22 <@Betelgeuse> ./java-experimental/eclass/java-virtuals.eclass:JAVA_VIRTUALS_HELPER=/home/betelgeuse/python/combinations.py
22:22 <@Betelgeuse> gnu_andrew: you are using the wrong eclass
22:23 <@Betelgeuse> gnu_andrew: the one in the main tree is java-virtuals-2.eclass
22:23 <@Betelgeuse> gnu_andrew: That's a really old proof of concept thing
22:24 <@Betelgeuse> That approach would not have needed extra provider files.
22:24 <@Betelgeuse> gnu_andrew: But still you don't inherit the java-virtuals* eclasses in normal ebuilds
22:24 <@Betelgeuse> gnu_andrew: Only in the virtual ebuids themselves
22:25 < gnu_andrew> sorry my physic powers must be lacking, where are the docs for this?
22:25 < gnu_andrew> if the code in experimental is dead, please remove it
22:26 <@Betelgeuse> gnu_andrew: You use the virtual ebuilds like normal pkgs
22:27 <@Betelgeuse> gnu_andrew: The only extra thing is using --virtual in case you need specific jars but with current infra that should rarely be the case.
22:30 <@Betelgeuse> Wouldn't hurt to spell this out to the Java packaging guide so I will open a bug to document this.

Comment 1 Volkmar W. Pogatzki 2023-09-22 18:13:20 UTC

java-virtuals.eclass was removed with commit e6fef45d3e. Closing.