[icedtea-web] RFC: add an explanation for bootclasspath usage in makefile

[Omair Majid]

On 03/30/2011 04:09 PM, Deepak Bhole wrote:
> * Omair Majid<omajid at redhat.com>  [2011-03-30 15:59]:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The attached patch adds a small note explaining the reasons why we
>> are using bootclasspath when running icedtea-web.

>
>> diff -r d78bbff25267 Makefile.am
>> --- a/Makefile.am	Tue Mar 15 10:22:27 2011 -0400
>> +++ b/Makefile.am	Thu Mar 17 18:14:44 2011 -0400
>> @@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
>>   IT_CLASS_TARGET_VERSION=6
>>   IT_JAVACFLAGS=$(IT_JAVAC_SETTINGS) -source $(IT_LANGUAGE_SOURCE_VERSION) -target $(IT_CLASS_TARGET_VERSION)
>>
>> +#
>> +# We need the jars in bootclasspath for a couple of reasons
>> +#  - we use classes (in the sun.applet package) loaded by the bootclassloader
>> +#    using another classloader to load classes from the same package causes an
>> +#    IllegalAccessException
>> +#  - we want full privileges
>> +#
>>   JRE='"$(SYSTEM_JDK_DIR)/jre"'
>>   LAUNCHER_BOOTCLASSPATH="-Xbootclasspath/a:$(datadir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/netx.jar$(RHINO_RUNTIME)"
>>   PLUGIN_BOOTCLASSPATH='"-Xbootclasspath/a:$(datadir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/netx.jar:$(datadir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/plugin.jar$(RHINO_RUNTIME)"'
>
> OK for HEAD.
>

Thanks! I have pushed the changes.

Cheers,
Omair