diff -Nru libgda-3.99.8.orig/getsp.java libgda-3.99.8/getsp.java
--- libgda-3.99.8.orig/getsp.java	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ libgda-3.99.8/getsp.java	2009-01-15 16:22:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Determines that java works correctly and get its libraries path
+ * (originally from the R project)
+ */ 
+public class getsp {
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		if (args!=null && args.length>0) {
+			if (args[0].compareTo("-test")==0) {
+				System.out.println("Test1234OK");
+			}
+			else	if (args[0].compareTo("-libs")==0) {
+				String prefix="-L";
+				if (args.length>1) prefix=args[1];
+				String lp=System.getProperty("java.library.path");
+				// we're not using StringTokenizer in case the JVM is very crude
+				int i=0,j,k=0;
+				String r=null;
+				String pss=System.getProperty("path.separator");
+				char ps=':';
+				if (pss!=null && pss.length()>0) ps=pss.charAt(0);
+				j=lp.length();
+				while (i<=j) {
+					if (i==j || lp.charAt(i)==ps) {
+						String lib=lp.substring(k,i);
+						k=i+1;
+						if (lib.compareTo(".")!=0)
+							r=(r==null)?(prefix+lib):(r+" "+prefix+lib);
+					}
+					i++;
+				}
+				if (r!=null) System.out.println(r);
+			} else
+				System.out.println(System.getProperty(args[0]));
+		}
+	}
+}