2014-08-19 12:21 GMT+02:00 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > On 19/08/2014 10:50, Alexandre Garnier wrote: >> On tomcat7 and tomcat8, documentation about deployment on Tomcat >> startup >> <http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/deployer-howto.html#Deployment_on_Tomcat_startup> >> says: >> >>> The following deployment sequence will occur on Tomcat startup in that case: >>> >>> 1. Any Context Descriptors will be deployed first. >>> 2. Exploded web applications not referenced by any Context Descriptor will >>> then be deployed. If they have an associated .WAR file in the appBase and >>> it is newer than the exploded web application, the exploded directory will >>> be removed and the webapp will be redeployed from the .WAR >>> 3. .WAR files will be deployed > > The bit in point 2 about the WAR file being newer than the exploded > directory is not correct. On startup, Tomcat can't tell if a WAR is new > or not. (This has been discussed previously - see the archives). > > It looks like that part of the docs needs to be updated.
OK, do I re-open the bug as a documentation fix or open a new bug? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
