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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23071 Documentation & error handling re use of JRE Summary: Documentation & error handling re use of JRE Product: Tomcat 4 Version: 4.1.27 Platform: PC OS/Version: Windows NT/2K Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: Other Component: Unknown AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Although the documentation does state that Tomcat needs a full JDK, rather than just a JRE, on no less than two occasions, a year apart, I have fallen in to the trap of thinking that all I need to install is the JRE. (No Java development would be carried out on the machines to which I was installing Tomcat.) When the startup.bat file is executed in such cases, the error handling is misleading; an error message states that JAVA_HOME has not been set correctly. In fact, JAVA_HOME is quite correct - the problem is that JRE's do not contain tools such as javac.exe. I strongly suggest that semi-conscious ;-) users are protected from this pitfall by the addition to the documentation of a prominent but brief explanation of why a JRE is insufficient to run Tomcat. An additional suggestion, in the perhaps unlikely event that you have time to hand, would be to correct the error handling. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
