Bug#298314: /etc/init.d/tomcat4 start fails; log says JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly

[Herman Robak]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:31:14 -0500, Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com> wrote:

> ~    Try installing a Sun or Blackdown JDK and tell me if your tomcat4
> installation will work with that.

  I'd rather not.  I am investigating how to run tomcat in a free software
environment.  Having Sun's JDK as a prerequisite does not cut it; it is
actually a showstopper.  The Norwegian Debian-edu distribution Skolelinux
has a hard requirement: All software on the CD shall work out of the box,
without Internet connection (can not require a download of JDK) and there
must be no restrictions on redistribution (which rules out shipping Sun's
JDK).


>  If we can get a "known good" setup, maybe we can figure out your issue.
> If that does not work, I would recommend purging the packages and starting
> fresh.  I am fairly certain that it is not a bug with the package(s).

  That depends on the definition of "bug".  I think I found the problem.

A startup script invoked by tomcat4...
/usr/share/tomcat4/bin/setclasspath.sh
...is checking for the existance of jdb:

   if [ ! -x "$JAVA_HOME"/bin/java -o ! -x "$JAVA_HOME"/bin/jdb -o ! -x "$JAVA_HOME
"/bin/javac ]; then
     echo "The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly"
     echo "This environment variable is needed to run this program"
     echo "NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE"

  And there is no jdb in the kaffe package.

-- 
Herman Robak