From owner-freebsd-java Tue Feb 19 2:15:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from shikima.mine.nu (pc1-card4-0-cust77.cdf.cable.ntl.com [62.252.49.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3EA137B41B for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 02:15:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from rasputin by shikima.mine.nu with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16d7IT-0000JX-00; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:14:53 +0000 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:14:53 +0000 From: Rasputin To: Tim Schafer Cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: building jboss port question Message-ID: <20020219101453.A1030@shikima.mine.nu> Reply-To: Rasputin References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from tschafer@hotmail.com on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 05:26:58PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Tim Schafer [020219 08:32]: > I would suggest four ports: > > jboss > jboss-tomcat3 > jboss-tomcat4 > jboss-jetty > > since this is the way JBoss binaries are distributed anyways > making the port wrappers easy to maintain > > JBoss actually includes the respective product it's integrating with > So these ports would be independant of the product being installed > standalone You need to tread carefully or you end up clobbering the installed ones. Not just by overwriting binaries, but you potentially have two tomcats trying to run, 2 jettys, etc? Also, from a maintenance point of view you have four ports to worry about rather than just the one. Anyway, I'm not trying to lay down the law, just my 2 groats. -- Anything free is worth what you pay for it. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message