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docs: explain the home passthru present in all JDKs and setting JAVA_HOME where required

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Florian Klink 2018-08-17 16:35:01 +02:00
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@ -61,7 +61,18 @@ installPhase =
<literal>${jre}/bin/java</literal> instead of <literal>${jre}/bin/java</literal> instead of
<literal>${jdk}/bin/java</literal>, you prevent your package from depending <literal>${jdk}/bin/java</literal>, you prevent your package from depending
on the JDK at runtime. on the JDK at runtime.
</para> </para>
<para>
Note all JDKs passthru <literal>home</literal>, so if your application
requires environment variables like <envar>JAVA_HOME</envar> being set, that
can be done in a generic fashion with the <literal>--set</literal> argument
of <literal>makeWrapper</literal>:
<programlisting>
--set JAVA_HOME ${jdk.home}
</programlisting>
</para>
<para> <para>
It is possible to use a different Java compiler than <command>javac</command> It is possible to use a different Java compiler than <command>javac</command>