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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:38:56 +0200
From:      Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd6@klop.yi.org>
To:        Mark Dixon <mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tomcat, JBoss etc. Should be headless?
Message-ID:  <opr5ot262jegu5x0@outgoing.local>
In-Reply-To: <20040330123932.R1592@lizacnet.demon.co.uk>
References:  <20040330123932.R1592@lizacnet.demon.co.uk>

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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:42:53 +0100 (BST), Mark Dixon 
<mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Given that these server type java ports run as daemon processes in the
> backgroundm wouldn't it be wise to start them up  with
> -Djava.awt.headless=true set?
>
> If nobody can think of a disadvantage to this, I'll work on a patch that
> makes it an tuneable in the makefiles with an eye to making it a default
> option at a later date.

You can make it a tuneable, but I do run Tomcat with Xvfb (X virtual 
framebuffer) to generate images from a servlet.
I think ports shouldn't do everything. There is also a responsibilty of 
the user/developer to understand how things work.
But than again... a tuneable never hurts.

Greetings,

Ronald.

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