On Jul 16, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Aaron Mulder wrote:
> On 7/16/06, Jason Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I would prefer that myself.
>>
>> GERONIMO-2195 is open for that issue, I was going to add the files
>> and close it... do you want to change the code to mkdirs() or
>> shall I?
>
> Go ahead.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
>> 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
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>>
>>
