From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 05:25:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCFE616A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 05:25:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp0.euronet.nl (smtp0.euronet.nl [194.134.35.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21A1243D6D for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 05:25:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ernst.dehaan@nl.wanadoo.com) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.168.213]) by smtp0.euronet.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925372462A; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:25:19 +0100 (MET) From: Ernst de Haan Organization: Wanadoo Nederland B.V. To: Panagiotis Astithas , java@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:25:27 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200312291507.08541.past@noc.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <200312291507.08541.past@noc.ntua.gr> X-Address: Muiderstraat 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312291425.27739.ernst.dehaan@nl.wanadoo.com> Subject: Re: Tomcat's daemonctl script X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:25:24 -0000 I agree. Sheldon is indeed right. The only problem is I don't have the time to rework the system yet. Working patches are appreciated and I will try to look at them ASAP. Ernst On maandag 29 december 2003 14:07, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > Hi all, > > I' ve been bitten by the fact that tomcat from ports installs a binary > script to control its status. The unfortunate fact is that when you > upgrade the jdk, the port has to be upgraded too, since it contains a > hardcoded reference to the java program's path. This could be tolerated > in a personal system, but on a farm-like environment with more than a > dozen hosts, it becomes a maintenance nightmare. I have resorted > temporarily to creating symlinks from jdk1.4.2 to jdk1.4.1, but overall I > agree with Sheldon Hearn's opinion in: > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20031215123601.GU13737 > Could we please provide an regular rc.d script as we do for every other > service? > > Cheers,