> For cleaner version control on my system, I create $SOLR_HOME/lib as a > symlink to another directory that I create myself -- > $INSTALL_DIR/solrlib ... that way, all binary stuff like jars is in the > *program* version control location, not the *data* location.
That’s right. It is possible to change the location of sharedLib in solr.xml, but perhaps we should add another location as default too, such as $INSTALL_DIR/server/solr-lib. And perhaps it should be possible to add lib dirs with a startup option? -Dsolr.lib.dir=/path/to/libs Most libs are version sensitive and something you’d want to consider for upgrade when you upgrade Solr, so they fit better in INSTALL_DIR than in SOLR_HOME. But there may be other libs that provide some business logic and fit well in SOLR_HOME/lib. Jan
