Issue1049938

I am using:

jython 2.1 on debian sarge (NB: NOT the debian package,
but the normal jython linux dist installed from the
.class) with the sun jdk: 

uname -a says:

Linux cave 2.6.8-1-686 #1 Sat Aug 28 14:11:39 EDT 2004
i686 GNU/Linux

java -version says:
java version "1.4.2_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build
1.4.2_06-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_06-b03, mixed mode)


It seems that passing -Djava.library.path=xxx does not
have an effect (see interpreter session below)

iwan@cave:~$ jython-2.1/jython -Djava.library.path=abc
Jython 2.1 on java1.4.2_06 (JIT: null)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>> from java.lang import *
>>> System.getProperty('java.library.path')
'/usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun/jre/lib/i386/client:/usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun/jre/lib/i386:/usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun/jre/../lib/i386'
>>> 

This is quite severe, since setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH for
finding shared libraries also does not work...

-Iwan Vosloo (iwan@global.co.za)

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The -D argument is being sent to jython, not the JVM.  You'll need to 
send the argument to the JVM like this:

$ java -Djava.library.path=abc -jar jython.jar
Jython 2.2a1 on java1.4.2_05 (JIT: null)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from java.lang import *
>>> System.getProperty('java.library.path')
'abc'
>>>

I suggest writing a new wrapper script which allows for setting this 
variable.

This bug should be closed.

bzimmer's comment about modifying or writing a new jython shell script is correct. All the user has to do is change the existing invocation script to add the requisite -D option, as brian z suggested, or simply invoke jython directly, as brian shows

java -Djava.library.path=abc -jar jython.jar

Closing this bug, based on Alan's comment.