Bug#610434: Has anyone attempted a tomcat7 package?

[Simon Paillard]

Hi,

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 08:12:10PM -0430, Ernesto Hernández-Novich wrote:
> I've been trying to build a tomcat7 package based on the existing
> tomcat6 package. After fiddling with it for a while, I've managed to
> "build" what looks like a working binary, but I get a backtrace when the
> services starts.
> 
> The relevant part of the backtrace is
> 
> java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/tomcat/util/res/StringManager
> 	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.<clinit>(Catalina.java:80)
> ...
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:406)
> 
> meaning there's a missing class.
> 
> I found the reference to the class in build.xml however I have no idea
> why it's not being built nor what should I do in debian/rules to install
> it in its proper place. I've run ant manually and gotten the file to
> build, and attempted putting it in tomcat's class search path, but the
> problem persists.
> 
> If anyone is working on a tomcat7 package, or can shed light on what I'm
> supposed to do next, I'd appreciate any pointers.

You should see with tomcat maintainers.

See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610434

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Simon Paillard