linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/jvmti: add check for java alternatives cmd in Makefile

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Message-ID: <20160216143126.GA8405@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:31:26 -0200
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, kan.liang@...el.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
	namhyung@...nel.org, adrian.hunter@...el.com, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/jvmti: add check for java alternatives cmd in
 Makefile

Em Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 07:37:41AM +0100, Stephane Eranian escreveu:
> This patch modifies the jvmti makefile to check
> if /usr/sbin/java-update-alternatives is present.
> If so, then use it, if not then use the altenatives
> command. This helps handle the difference between
> Ubuntu and Fedora Linux distributions.

Thanks, tested and applied.

We need tho to better integrate it with the 'make install' target, so
that it gets built and installed, this way it will end up packaged by
distros.

That, together with documentation should be enough as a first step to
ease usage in a more widespread way.

What do you think?

- Arnaldo