Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:31:54 +0000 From: Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net> To: Ernst de Haan <znerd@freebsd.org> Cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tomcat port (PATCH) Message-ID: <20011122113154.A14283@shikima.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <200111221108.fAMB8Ne07123@zaphod.euronet.nl>; from znerd@freebsd.org on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:08:23PM %2B0100 References: <20011119161722.A56021@shikima.mine.nu> <200111201351.fAKDpBZ24104@zaphod.euronet.nl> <20011121110415.A12931@shikima.mine.nu> <200111221108.fAMB8Ne07123@zaphod.euronet.nl>
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* Ernst de Haan <znerd@freebsd.org> [011122 11:15]:
> Hey Rasputin,
>
> > 1] makes a dependency on 'javac' rather than an explicit path -
> > so long as there is a java compiler in your path, it should work.
>
> Uhm, will javac be in the path? I don't think you get javac in the path if
> you install a JDK. The JDK's just install into a subdir of ${PREFIX}. The
> scripts and binaries are then in the bin/ subdir, they are *not* copied to
> /usr/local/bin nor is a symlink placed there, AFAIK.
I'm sort of assuming that if you've installed a JDK you'll have added the
toolchain to your path?
The alternative is setting a dependency for
JAVA_HOME/bin/javac, but again this assumes that you set
JAVA_HOME (or JDK_HOME, JRE_HOME, whatever is decided on)....
> > 2] makes files/patch-aa correctly set java_home in workers.properties
> > (dependant on JAVA_HOME; I have a symlink, /usr/java, that I repoint to
> > /usr/local/jdk1,1,8, /usr/local/linux-jdk1.3.1 or whatever other JDK I'm
> > using that day)
>
> Well, this is specific to your situation. It's not official that /usr/java
> points to a JDK. And I would not want to introduce that either... *If* some
> directory like that would be introduced, then it would at *least* be below
> ${PREFIX} (normally /usr/local/)
Sure - that's why you can override it to point to wherever your JDK lives.
> > 3] Makes tomcat.sh rc script correctly read JAVA_HOME
> > (overridable by 'make JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.1.8' or whatever)
>
> 'read'? Where from?
Uh, the environment?
> Do you replace it? I haven't looked at the diff yet,
Have a look - I'm horribly hungover today, so I'm not in any state
to explain it properly.
> don't really have time yet....
> Hope this helps :-)
Sure - the more feedback the better.
I was also wondering if there was any reason why tomcat needs to run as root?
I managed to get it to run happily over here as user 'tomcat', but
I've only be running it about 4 days, so does anyone else know a reason it
needs to be root? Only thing I can think of is if you want it as your standard
webserver, you'd need root to bind to port 80 - but that could be got around
with a port forwarder...
--
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::
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