-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Leo,
On 11/4/14 10:46 AM, Leo Donahue wrote: > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Christopher Schultz < > ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 >> >> Neven, >> >> On 11/3/14 6:42 PM, Neven Cvetkovic wrote: >>> Vince, the current configuration works great: >>> >>> SLIGHTLY-OFFTOPIC: >>> >>> Although, I would love to see out-of-box setup for additional >>> shared-lib folder, something other than TOMCAT/lib with Tomcat >>> default libraries. Essentially, I would love to separate my >>> customer shared libraries from Tomcat default libraries. I >>> guess - question would be where are CATALINA_HOME/lib JAR >>> files being loaded from? Can we add another directory to scan >>> for libraries to be loaded? Is that configurable? >> >> I'm not sure about that, but if the Windows installer could ask >> the user if they want a "unified" versus "split" configuration, >> that might be nice. The installer could then ask for the >> location of CATALINA_BASE and offer to create it if necessary. >> That way, users performing "upgrades" could specify their >> existing CATALINA_BASE during installation and not have to go >> back and re-configure the Windows Service. It would also allow >> newbies to know that there is an "advanced" configuration and >> perhaps go learn about it. >> >> - -chris >> >> > The Tomcat zip file distribution could easily do this now. Add a > CATALINA_BASE directory pre-configured with a read-me file that > explains to users they can move this directory elsewhere, and > update a property that points back to the CATALINA_HOME directory > wherever they unzipped that. This would be an easy "optional" > configuration to include for a split configuration. It already does that, now: The CATALINA_BASE directory is preconfigured to be set to CATALINA_HOME, which is auto-detected by catalina.sh (.bat). CATALINA_BASE contains a readme file (RUNNING.txt) that explains how to change that default. I say that with all due snark, but it's really true: what you are talking about basically exists exactly as you describe. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJUWQB0AAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYm5oP/i1vfUFBWIsUmdOxFWIt44fZ ZL2Rco0+WFoUblC5JVjG+vfkv/ZFwUtJnbWVokm5ZZVtnD9LSwHvimeKMaq/wNSr 5yh+M/7cQXGmLEJV6tFf7eLLgHtEmH4WRgoWs/IJ827crxAjr2ae6w5HegWt8Yo1 r99g0x5ZFhlHBy8F1/xjykcTKZVYN3y7i47bcjgb0PDEC7rHB9RhLgveqwKPUU+x wDqKCHj6vLomgLL3adbU/kg5CV6UIgRwuD2Y3xuxHG3a4x3MoPfRhgmAzeetvm4i 9JXZGRbJhqs2mVNTBS3Bzwdj2rAF6LIROGwV/V7wqYDqgEIijssHUnY4GLaYbYOa kw+rpj7ZHfXfvmEFD5bo+7jc7v4Jp4SNQnES1bQJmhCytX/o/a0LjRuJ8H5WkTvA 2SobU1v9TMEtyu1esGjkcsibrCMqxfEmR3K8feKaRks1lCo2nlDKC5LsGrNykfW2 rI74FJyGCFP6sXOqckD6SGlyFXBrY4v6CI4sQc8iAsjPf8uWCyshfu7pWATC5C5g gr3ibDAQEICZWWlz3dlQuQtuf4sSU+XoLTWwyMls3fPMy/9+4BcvSPdcCmSKbGG2 +F9imb8uhrUOpLEhGo5pFBPx3JpjP0eBm1lU3WM3cWwFFBjBqt4GVBO9wFN9fjDg G+QWyQxZO/HdUUywyU6Z =zAEu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
