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From: Ernst de Haan <ernst.dehaan@nl.wanadoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Tomcat's daemonctl script
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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,