On Jul 16, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Aaron Mulder wrote:
> 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
>> > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> > >>> 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
>> >
>> >
>>
