[izpack-devel] IZPACK_HOME for the compiler (packager)

[Miraodb]

Hi Klaus,

First of all, Thanks  for taking care of that!
Also, i want to know i you see any new/update docu that i should write ?
Is the 4 steps good enough or will we be missing something ?

Cheers,
Fabrice
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bartz, Klaus" <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de>
To: <izpack-devel at lists.berlios.de>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:29 PM
Subject: [izpack-devel] IZPACK_HOME for the compiler (packager)


> Hi all,
> yesterday there was a problem thread on the user list
> (problem creating shortcuts) which was based on a 
> missing IZPACK_HOME. I do not know why anything run,
> but the handling of the home dir was really not
> optimal.
> I have just checked in a patch into trunk. Now
> with the "normal" compiler
> 
> 1. the -DIZPACK_HOME procedure works already
> 2. there is no the comandline argument -h "Path"
> 3. If 1. and 2. are not exist or take no valid path
>    the compiler tries to resolve the path depending
>    on the jar file or class path which contains the
>    Compiler class file.
> 4. If 1. - 3. results no valid path, an exception 
>    will be thrown.
> 
> A valid path is a path where the subpath
> bin/native/izpack/ShellLink.dll exist.
> 
> With the standalone-compiler only 1. and 2. will
> be perfomed. If no valid path was found "." will
> be assumed. If this is not correct, please fix it
> (the person who knows where the IZPACK_HOME path
> should link using the standalone-compiler).
> See CompilerConfig.java line 1896.
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> Klaus
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