packages with clashing jar file names

[Mike Roberts]

Say I have 2 packages that I depend on, both that contain a jar file
called 'utils.jar' . If I'm using a 'retrieve' line in my package.fig
is there anyway of specifying a particular include's files are
actually put in a different directory so that they don't clash? Or
would I be forced to repackage the dependency with a different
variable name on the 'append' line ?

I guess more generally it would be nice to be able to optionally have
something like:

retrieve CLASSPATH->lib

config default
include sheep/1.0.0 sheep
include cheese/1.0.0 cheese
end

and then I would see

lib
-> sheep -> sheep.jar
-> cheese -> cheese.jar

Thoughts?

Mike

[Matthew Foemmel]

You can specify patterns in the "retrieve" statement like this:

    retrieve CLASSPATH->lib/[package]

Which will create subdirectories for each package. That way the "utils.jar" files won't clash.

[Dan North]

Ooh! That's nice.