Bug#572048: tomcat6: fails to start after upgrade to v6.0.24-2

[Teodor]

Package: tomcat6
Version: 6.0.24-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hi,

After todays upgrade to v6.0.24-2 due to migration to 'testing' the tomcat6 service
doesn't start anymore. I've tried a fresh install and there is no difference.
I see that 'jscv' is no longer used and 'authbind' is disabled by default, thus
'catalina.sh' upstream script is used instead. I believe this is a major regression
since 'jsvc' is the only alternative for running a java-baser program as a service.
The upstream 'catalina.sh' shell script doesn't make use of 'jsvc' because it is
not available on all platforms, this script is meant to be portable on all Linux/
UNIX hosts.

Another issue is that the execution of 'catalina.sh' should also be redirected to
STDOUT/STDERR to avoid these informative lines:
| Starting Tomcat servlet engine: tomcat6Using CATALINA_BASE:   /var/lib/tomcat6
| Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/share/tomcat6
| Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /tmp/tomcat6-tmp
| Using JRE_HOME:        /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
| Using CLASSPATH:       /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/bootstrap.jar
|  failed!
| invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat6, action "start" failed.

Thanks


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages tomcat6 depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112      add and remove users and groups
ii  tomcat6-common                6.0.24-2   Servlet and JSP engine -- common f

Versions of packages tomcat6 recommends:
ii  authbind                      1.2.0      Allows non-root programs to bind()

Versions of packages tomcat6 suggests:
pn  tomcat6-admin                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  tomcat6-docs                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  tomcat6-examples              <none>     (no description available)
pn  tomcat6-user                  <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information
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frost:~# apt install tomcat6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  authbind libcommons-collections-java libcommons-dbcp-java libcommons-pool-java libecj-java libservlet2.5-java libtomcat6-java
  tomcat6-common
Suggested packages:
  glassfish-javaee ecj ant libecj-java-gcj tomcat6-docs tomcat6-admin tomcat6-examples tomcat6-user
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  authbind libcommons-collections-java libcommons-dbcp-java libcommons-pool-java libecj-java libservlet2.5-java libtomcat6-java
  tomcat6 tomcat6-common
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,814kB/5,102kB of archives.
After this operation, 8,463kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
Get:1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/main libcommons-collections-java 2.1.1-9 [335kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.ro.debian.org squeeze/main libcommons-pool-java 1.5.4-1 [89.8kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.ro.debian.org squeeze/main libcommons-dbcp-java 1.3~svn828639-1 [155kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/main libecj-java 3.5.1-1 [1,234kB]
Fetched 1,814kB in 1s (1,212kB/s)    
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Selecting previously deselected package authbind.
(Reading database ... 159768 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking authbind (from .../authbind_1.2.0_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libcommons-collections-java.
Unpacking libcommons-collections-java (from .../libcommons-collections-java_2.1.1-9_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libcommons-pool-java.
Unpacking libcommons-pool-java (from .../libcommons-pool-java_1.5.4-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libcommons-dbcp-java.
Unpacking libcommons-dbcp-java (from .../libcommons-dbcp-java_1.3~svn828639-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libecj-java.
Unpacking libecj-java (from .../libecj-java_3.5.1-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libservlet2.5-java.
Unpacking libservlet2.5-java (from .../libservlet2.5-java_6.0.24-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libtomcat6-java.
Unpacking libtomcat6-java (from .../libtomcat6-java_6.0.24-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tomcat6-common.
Unpacking tomcat6-common (from .../tomcat6-common_6.0.24-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tomcat6.
Unpacking tomcat6 (from .../tomcat6_6.0.24-2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up authbind (1.2.0) ...
Setting up libcommons-collections-java (2.1.1-9) ...
Setting up libcommons-pool-java (1.5.4-1) ...
Setting up libcommons-dbcp-java (1.3~svn828639-1) ...
Setting up libecj-java (3.5.1-1) ...
Setting up libservlet2.5-java (6.0.24-2) ...
Setting up libtomcat6-java (6.0.24-2) ...
Setting up tomcat6-common (6.0.24-2) ...
Setting up tomcat6 (6.0.24-2) ...
Adding system user `tomcat6' (UID 110) ...
Adding new group `tomcat6' (GID 119) ...
Adding new user `tomcat6' (UID 110) with group `tomcat6' ...
Not creating home directory `/usr/share/tomcat6'.
Starting Tomcat servlet engine: tomcat6Using CATALINA_BASE:   /var/lib/tomcat6
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/share/tomcat6
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /tmp/tomcat6-tmp
Using JRE_HOME:        /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
Using CLASSPATH:       /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/bootstrap.jar
 failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat6, action "start" failed.
frost:~#