On Thu Dec 11 23:42:52 2025 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:40:39 Chuck Caldarale
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>
> > On 2025 Dec 11, at 22:10, Mark Foley <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:25:07 Christopher Schultz
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Mark,
> >>
> >> On 12/11/25 4:19 PM, Mark Foley wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:17:30 Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 11/12/2025 17:49, Mark Foley wrote:
> >>>>> I've upgraded 2 systems from Tomcat 8.5.11 to Tomcat 10.1.13. The first
> >>>>> system
> >>>>> was done a couple of years ago and runs just fine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've just upgraded the 2nd system which is not running just fine. I've
> >>>>> been working
> >>>>> on this for a week. When I run it I get numerous errors related to
> >>>>> "source level
> >>>>> is 1.5 or greater."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> when I run tomcat I get:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Using CATALINA_HOME: /srv/tomcat
> >>>>> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /srv/tomcat/temp
> >>>>> Using JRE_HOME: /user/util/src/jdk-17.0.8
> >>>>> Using CLASSPATH:
> >>>>> /srv/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/srv/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The libs on the non-running system are basically the same as on the
> >>>>> running
> >>>>> system except some are newer versions. I can post the differences if
> >>>>> that would
> >>>>> help.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've compared the $CATALINA_HOME/conf files between systems and I don't
> >>>>> see any
> >>>>> meaningful differences.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've tried changing https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_6_0.xsd
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_5_0.xsd (which is one
> >>>>> difference).
> >>>>> That didn't help.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've tried explicitly setting the compilerSourceVM to 11. That didn't
> >>>>> help.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What can I look at to find this problem and fix it?
> >>>>
> >>>> Please clear out the logs, start the Tomcat instance then provide
> >>>> complete error message(s) including any stack traces you get on the
> >>>> console / in the logs / in the browser and tell us where you see them.
> >>>>
> >>>> If there are lots of errors, the first ones are very likely to be the
> >>>> most useful.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mark
> >>>
> >>> No errors in log ($CATALINA_HOME/logs/catalina.out). Lots of WARNINGs and
> >>> INFOs.
> >>>
> >>> Do you really want me to post the complete log? There are 3100+ entries.
> >>
> >> How about the first dozen or so errors?
> >>
> >> -chris
> >>
> >
> > Not a dozen, but here are the first few. Lots of repetition of these.
> >
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.513 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin Match
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host] failed to set property [xmlValidation] to
> > [false]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.515 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin Match
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host] failed to set property [xmlNamespaceAware] to
> > [false]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.516 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.endElement No rules found matching
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host/Logger]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.529 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin Match
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context] failed to set property [allowLinking]
> > to [true]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.533 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin Match
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host] failed to set property [xmlValidation] to
> > [false]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.533 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin Match
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host] failed to set property [xmlNamespaceAware] to
> > [false]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.533 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.endElement No rules found matching
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host/Logger]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.534 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin Match
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context] failed to set property [allowLinking]
> > to [true]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.534 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin Match
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host] failed to set property [xmlValidation] to
> > [false]
> > 08-Dec-2025 03:25:13.534 WARNING [main]
> > org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin Match
> > [Server/Service/Engine/Host] failed to set property [xmlNamespaceAware] to
> > [false]
> >
> > I don't know about the link warnings. context.xml has: <Resources
> > allowLinking="true" />
> > and each <Host> entry in server.xml has:
> >
> > <Context path="" docBase="horeb-wright3" reloadable="false"
> > allowLinking="true">
> >
> > and the index.jsp file it's choking on is symlinked, but it is trying to
> > run it --
> > but I also tried all this with non-symlinked files.
>
>
> Where exactly do you see the message "source level is 1.5 or greater"? It’s
> certainly not in the above set of warnings.
>
> You should clean out the junk in your <Host> and <Context> configurations so
> that the real problem(s) might become more visible. None of the properties
> mentioned in the messages are permitted in those configuration elements.
> (<Resources> does include allowLinking, but setting it to "true" has security
> implications on some systems.)
>
> Hopefully, you didn’t just copy the Tomcat 8.5 config files into Tomcat 10.1
> - the config items have changed noticeably over the years.
>
> - Chuck
The "source level is 1.5 or greater" is on the web page. Here are the first
several lines:
HTTP Status 500 - Internal Server Error
Type Exception Report
Message Unable to compile class for JSP:
Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it
from fulfilling the request.
Exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP:
An error occurred at line: [17] in the jsp file: [/include/homePageImage.inc]
Syntax error, 'for each' statements are only available if source level is 1.5
or greater
14:
15: //out.println(getServletContext().getRealPath("") + "Contents/" +
"<br/>dirs: " + dirs.length + "<br/>Files: " + files.length + "</body></html>");
16:
17: for (String image : scanner.getIncludedFiles())
18: {
19: // out.println("<p>" + scanner.getBasedir() + ", " + image);
20: return "Contents/" + image; // just first file for now
An error occurred at line: [545] in the generated java file:
[/user/util/src/apache-tomcat-10.1.13/work/Catalina/www.horeb-wright3.org/ROOT/org/apache/jsp/index_jsp.java]
Syntax error, parameterized types are only available if source level is 1.5 or
greater
:
:
An error occurred at line: [115] in the jsp file: [/index.jsp]
System.err cannot be resolved to a type
112:
113: if (evalParam(request.getParameter("logout")).length() > 0)
114: {
115: System.err.println("[hiram]: " + (new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd
HH:mm:ss")).format(new Date()) +
116: " " + request.getRemoteAddr() + " LOGOUT");
117: session.setAttribute("personId",null);
118: session.setAttribute("loginId",null);
An error occurred at line: [217] in the jsp file: [/index.jsp]
The method setAttribute(String, Object) in the type HttpSession is not
applicable for the arguments (String, boolean)
214:
215: if (session.getAttribute("isParent") == null) // 1st time, not set.
otherwise, set by re-loading or changed by actual login
216: {
217: session.setAttribute("isParent", ((rs.getString("cnt") != null) &&
(rs.getInt("cnt") > 0)) ? true : false);
And there's more. I can stage that page for you if you want.
No, these are not my 8.5 config files. They were mainly adapted from my running
10.1.15 system. That system I got running by modifying the 8.5 config files
about 2 years ago with help from this list.
I don't know that I have "junk" in the conf files. I don't tend to be inventive
with these things myself. Here's my whole server.xml file, sans comments. Please
let me know if you see anything wrong.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener"
SSLEngine="on" />
<Listener
className="org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener" />
<Listener
className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener" />
<Listener
className="org.apache.catalina.core.ThreadLocalLeakPreventionListener" />
<GlobalNamingResources>
<Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
description="User database that can be updated and saved"
factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory"
pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" />
</GlobalNamingResources>
<Service name="Catalina">
<Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
connectionTimeout="20000"
redirectPort="8443"
maxParameterCount="1000"
/>
<Connector protocol="AJP/1.3"
address="127.0.0.1"
port="8009"
redirectPort="8443"
maxParameterCount="1000"
secretRequired="false" />
<Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.LockOutRealm">
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
resourceName="UserDatabase"/>
</Realm>
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.MemoryRealm" />
<Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
directory="logs"
prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
pattern="%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b" />
</Host>
<Host name="www.horeb-wright3.org" appBase="webapps"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"
xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
<Alias>horeb-wright3.org</Alias>
<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
directory="logs/" prefix="horeb_access_log" suffix=".log" timestamp="true"/>
<Context path="" docBase="horeb-wright3" reloadable="false"
allowLinking="true">
<WatchedResource>/WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource>
<WatchedResource>/style.css</WatchedResource>
</Context>
</Host>
</Engine>
</Service>
</Server>
This last <Host> tag block is repeated another 20 times, almost identically
except for the domain names, for the additional hosts on this server. Otherwise,
this server.xml file is nearly identical to the one on the running system except
this "new" one has maxParameterCount="1000" in the connector tags and the
running system server.xml does not.
--Mark
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