There's a Mac mini in our QA shop that is running this version of Java with Tomcat 6.0.26 and testing my app without a problem.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Rob Tanner <rtan...@linfield.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > While I run production on Linux servers, I do my development on my iMac. > Last week, I ran the most recent Apple Java upgrade , and now Tomcat (which > is a critical part of my development environment) won't start up. I get > the > error: > > Nov 1, 2010 8:58:54 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap > initClassLoaders > SEVERE: Class loader creation threw exception > java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: IS_DIR > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.createClassLoader(Bootstrap.java:167) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.initClassLoaders(Bootstrap.java:92) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:207) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:391) > > Other details: > > java version "1.6.0_22" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04-307-10M3261) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.1-b03-307, mixed mode) > > Tomcat version: 6.0.18 and 6.0.29 ‹ both fail to start, throwing the same > exception > > From the error, it appears that things are missing from the update (or at > least one field is). Has anyone else seen this? Is there a known > work-around? > > Thanks, > > Rob Tanner > Linfield College > -- "Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd In one self-place; but where we are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be" --Christopher Marlowe, *Doctor Faustus* (v, 121-24)
