Bug#549181: tomcat6: binds to port 8080, this conflicts with other packages on the system

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> > Package: tomcat6
> > Version: 6.0.20-5
> > Severity: normal
> > Tomcat6 wants to bind to port 8080. This, in my case, conflicts with other installed software. Solution would be making the tomcat6 bind-port configurable. Preferably with bind to networkcard as well.
> With which software does it conflict? Is it a Debian packaged software?

It is Squid. Debian binds it to 3128 or so but 8080 is a more standard
port for proxies so we decided to bind it to that one.

> Generelly this is a problem. We need to document this in a better way.

You mean there's a workaround? Can it be configured somewhere somehow?


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