I would love to see that happen. thanks.
> Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:01:48 -0400 > From: ch...@christopherschultz.net > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Re: tomcat 7: common.loader property in catalina.properties does not > take ANT style variable > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Konstantin, > > On 5/10/2011 4:50 PM, Konstantin Kolinko wrote: > > 2011/5/11 Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>: > >> On 5/10/2011 3:05 AM, Konstantin Kolinko wrote: > >>> IIRC, catalina.properties file does not support substitution for > >>> anything, besides those two specific properties, "catalina.home" and > >>> "catalina.base". > >> > >> The documentation suggests otherwise: > >> > >> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/index.html > >> > >> " > >> Tomcat configuration files are formatted as schemaless XML; elements (...) > > > > The said file is not an XML one. The above quote is not applicable. > > Upon second reading of that passage, you're right: though > catalina.properties is mentioned, it's (somewhat) clear than it can be > used to /define/ properties, but does not enjoy the > system-property-replacements used in those other files. > > It makes sense, given that otherwise there would be a terrible circular > logic problem when reading catalina.properties. I suppose, eventually, > you'd either evaluate all system properties or detect a loop and could > bail-out. > > If this seems like something the community would like, I wouldn't mind > writing a patch to allow this type of thing. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk3KlswACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PCt6gCfcVCUB9mqcPe61sWY+MQAVzUy > sXUAoK8WOU4w9R7lu8+FE0jaJw/sbkC0 > =QET0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >
