On 12/03/2019 14:42, Christopher Schultz wrote: > Joel, > > On 3/12/19 09:43, Joel Griffith wrote: >> I'm upgrading a webapp server from Tomcat 7 to Tomcat 8 on Ubuntu >> 16.04. At installation, Tomcat 7 creates a directory >> `/var/lib/tomcat7/common/`. When Tomcat 8 is installed, however, >> the `/var/lib/tomcat8/` directory it creates does not include a >> `common/` directory, and the deployment script complains that it >> isn't there. > >> build.xml:129: /var/lib/tomcat8/common/lib does not exist. > > This must be a deployment script that is managed by neither the Tomcat > project nor the Ubuntu package maintainers. You will need to update it. > >> I've been searching for a day and have found exactly zero >> documentation on this, including on the official 8.0 migration >> guide ( https://tomcat.apache.org/migration-8.html). > > You are right; it isn't mentioned. That should be added to the > migration guide.
Is is practical to try and cover changes in file system layout for distributions we don't control? Mark > >> What is the `/var/lib/tomcat7/common/` directory for, and why does >> Tomcat 8 not have one? > > Tomcat used to have a somewhat complex series of directories > containing libraries. You can read about it, here: > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/class-loader-howto.html#Class_Lo > ader_Definitions > > Tomcat 8 has removed some of that complexity by merging the "shared" > (lib/) and "common" (common/lib/) classloaders. > > The "common" classloader was removed because it caused a lot of > confusion and didn't really provide much benefit. > > -chris > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
