Bug#300209: tomcat4: tomcat dies with "Parse error in default web.xml" after upgrade

[Wolfgang Baer]

Hi all,

Christoph Martin wrote:
> Package: tomcat4
> Version: 4.1.31-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
[...]
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.0
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (99, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686-smp
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> 
> Versions of packages tomcat4 depends on:
> ii  adduser                   3.47           Add and remove users and groups
> ii  apache-utils              1.3.33-4       utility programs for webservers (t
> ii  apache2-utils [apache-uti 2.0.53-5       utility programs for webservers
> ii  j2re1.4 [java-virtual-mac 1.4.1.99.rc1-1 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 Runtime Envir
> ii  j2sdk1.4 [java-compiler]  1.4.1.99.rc1-1 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 SDK, Standard
> ii  libtomcat4-java           4.1.31-2       Java Servlet engine -- core librar

It seems as this is a mixed woody/testing/unstable/experimental
installation.

According to the System Information its woody 3.0 !

adduser is the woody version.
apache-utils is the sarge version

So this is not a bug in tomcat4 - just a mixed installation which
seems to use a really old libcommons-collections-java version - maybe
the old woody 1.0-1 version. As Killer said the problem is caused if the
libcommons-collection-java version is < 2.1 - but the version in testing
and unstable is 2.1.1-3 can't happen also without a versioned
dependency.

Christoph pleasee send us your libcommons-collections-java version and
also report back if you have a mixed woody/sarge environment.

IMHO this bug can be closed as it is not related to a testing or
unstable installation, nor a woody installation !

An apt-get dist-upgrade from woody to sarge should solve the problem !

Wolfgang