I take it back. Let's change the Shared Lib GBean to create the directories if they're not there? That makes a lot more sense to me.
Thanks, Aaron On 7/16/06, Aaron Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just so long as nothing barfs when you add the README.txt to the ClassPath as if it was a JAR... Thanks, Aaron On 7/16/06, Jason Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should still open an issue. We have to add a file to tmp to force > the directory to be created. The tmp/README.txt explains that some > versions of WinZip decide to not create empty directories... maybe > there is a configuration option in WinZip to do that... or maybe some > versions are just more full of themselves. > > Either way... as much as I don't like to have them, I think its > better to add a README.txt to the directories we expect to exist and > explain why the files are there... and also what types of files > should be in that dir etc. > > --jason > > > On Jul 15, 2006, at 8:43 PM, Joe Bohn wrote: > > > Michael, > > > > Before you open a JIRA can you please double check this? I just > > downloaded both of those files and extracted them using winzip. > > The empty directories were created. I've also noticed that when I > > copy an image I need to be careful to ensure the empty directories > > are included in the copy. For example, xcopy * /s won't include > > the empty directories so you must use the /e option. I'm not sure > > if that's what happened on your system but it's happened to me before. > > > > Joe > > > > > > Jason Dillon wrote: > >> Looks like its an oversight... can you please file an issue in Jira: > >> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO > >> Zip can sometimes (annoyingly omit empty directories)... we will > >> have to put in placeholders to prevent this lame behavior. > >> Anyways, its an easy fix we can get in for 1.1.1 > >> --jason > >> On Jul 15, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Michael Malgeri wrote: > >>> > >>> I created empty directories for "var\shared\classes" and "var > >>> \shared\lib" and the server started up and I was able to log on > >>> and access the console and poke around. > >>> > >>> I didn't run any other tests like deploying apps, etc. > >>> > >>> I didn't see this in the install notes. Is there a problem with > >>> the distribution bundles or did I install incorrectly? > >>> > >>> Michael Malgeri > >>> Technical Services Manager > >>> PHONE: 310-727-4544 > >>> Tie Line: 286-4544 > >>> CELLULAR: 310-704-6403 > >>> > >>> > >>> *Michael Malgeri/Los Angeles/IBM* > >>> > >>> 07/15/2006 05:19 PM > >>> > >>> > >>> To > >>> dev@geronimo.apache.org <mailto:dev@geronimo.apache.org> > >>> cc > >>> > >>> Subject > >>> Geronimo Startup Error > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I downloaded geronimo-tomcat-j2ee-1.1.zip for Windows, ran the > >>> startup script and got the following error: > >>> > >>> [***************> ] 70% 20s Loading geronimo/sharedlib/1.1/ > >>> car 17:07:15,3 > >>> 41 ERROR [GBeanInstanceState] Error while starting; GBean is now > >>> in the FAILED state: abstractName="geronimo/sharedlib/1.1/car? > >>> ServiceModule=geronimo/sharedlib/1.1/ > >>> car,j2eeType=GBean,name=SharedLib" > >>> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Classes dir does not exist: C: > >>> \AppServers\geronimo-1.1\var\shared\classes > >>> > >>> There's no "..\geronimo-1.1\var\shared\classes" directory in the > >>> distribution > >>> > >>> Got the same error with Little-G > >>> > >>> Michael Malgeri > >>> Technical Services Manager > >>> PHONE: 310-727-4544 > >>> Tie Line: 286-4544 > >>> CELLULAR: 310-704-6403 > >