Bug#440559: Default install of tomcat-5.5 throws 404.

[Michael Koch]

tag 440559 confirmed
thanks


Hello,


On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 12:38:38AM +0530, V. Karthik Kumar wrote:
> Package: tomcat
> Version: 5.5
> 
> When I run Tomcat and point my browser at it, I recieve a null page.
> When I use wget, I get a 404 (Host not found) error.
> 
> Resolved by installing tomcat-webapps.

I can confirm this bug

> Reason: ROOT context not found. This is found in tomcat-webapps
> (installs conf/Catalina/localhost/ROOT.xml).
> 
> I suggest that a placeholder be kept (in /usr/share/tomcat-5.5) and a
> ROOT.xml file be symlinked in place. When tomcat-webapps be
> installed/removed/updated/, this file will be overridden.

I'm not sure this is a good idea. This may be configure by the
user/local admin. We need to find a way to make this easily configurable
easily.


Cheers,
Michael