I have just fixed this in CVS. Thanks for the report. Mark
> -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Rall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 12:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PATCH][Tomcat 4.1 docs] Class loader HOWTO > > The published Tomcat 4.1's class loader documentation > <http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/class-loader- > howto.html> says > that the directory used by the shared class loader is > relative to CATALINA_HOME. > According to the source code in > catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap.java' > s main() method > and BootstrapService.java's init() method, the documentation > is incorrect (it > should be CATALINA_BASE). Here's the corresponding code snippet: > > unpacked[0] = new File(getCatalinaBase(), > "shared" + File.separator > + "classes"); > packed[0] = new File(getCatalinaBase(), > "shared" + File.separator + "lib"); > sharedLoader = > > ClassLoaderFactory.createClassLoader(unpacked, packed, > commonLoader); > > In CVS rev 1.13, half of this problem was corrected. This > fix has not be > published to the web site. > > ---------------------------- > revision 1.13 > date: 2004/02/02 21:40:31; author: markt; state: Exp; lines: +5 -5 > - Fix 13805. Update docs to show that the shared directory is > relative to > CATALINA_BASE not CATALINA_HOME. > - Reported by Michael Eriksson. > ---------------------------- > > Here's the other half of the fix: > > * webapps/tomcat-docs/class-loader-howto.xml > Quick Start: In a follow up to CVS rev 1.13, correct the > path to the > lib directory used by Catalina's shared class loader (CATALINA_BASE > rather than CATALINA_HOME). > > > Index: class-loader-howto.xml > =================================================================== > RCS file: > /home/cvspublic/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/webapps/tomcat-docs/class-l > oader-howto.xml,v > retrieving revision 1.13 > diff -u -u -r1.13 class-loader-howto.xml > --- class-loader-howto.xml 2 Feb 2004 21:40:31 -0000 1.13 > +++ class-loader-howto.xml 1 Apr 2004 23:14:02 -0000 > @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ > application archive.</li> > <li>For classes and resources that must be shared across > all web applications, > place unpacked classes and resources under > - <code>$CATALINA_HOME/shared/classes</code>, or place JAR files > + <code>$CATALINA_BASE/shared/classes</code>, and JAR files > containing those classes and resources under > <code>$CATALINA_BASE/shared/lib</code>.</li> > </ul> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
