Haveyou seen this article? http://ant.apache.org/faq.html#winzip-lies
Best regards Robert -----Original Message----- From: Allistair Crossley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 August 2005 11:59 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Deploying ROOT.war indicates missing application web.xml Hi, OK, I've found the issue :( The Ant war task appears to have packed all files that were in the root of WEB-INF within a packed path of as web-inf (i.e lowercase) although not the classes which are packed within an uppercase WEB-INF. Looks like the funny theory is funny afterall. Cheers, Allistair. > -----Original Message----- > From: Allistair Crossley > Sent: 22 August 2005 11:48 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Deploying ROOT.war indicates missing application web.xml > > > Hi, > > Yes, the default ROOT.war does appear to work in the way I > have been trying to deploy my own ROOT.war, you're right there. > > Nevertheless I will hold that there are a lot of potential > differences between the empty default ROOT and an 18MB > struts/spring/hibernate etc... real-world web application so > I am not convinced just yet that it's my web application > packaging (especially with the valid tests I have shown by > manual unpack). > > I will see if I can pursue the reason and come back to you. > > Kindest regards, Allistair. > > PS: thanks for the usual insult, i'd expect no less. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Remy Maucherat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 22 August 2005 11:32 > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: Deploying ROOT.war indicates missing > application web.xml > > > > > > On 8/22/05, Allistair Crossley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Just to reconfirm, and also to take into account what you > > did in your test > > > > > > 0. Check server.xml for unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > > 1. I use Ant's war task to correctly war the web > > application package. > > > > I used 7zip. > > > > > 2. I clear Tomcat's webapps folder and restart for good measure. > > > > I only deleted the "ROOT" folder. > > > > > 3. I copy the war into webapps > > > 4. Tomcat reports > > > > > > INFO: Deploying web application archive ROOT.war > > > 22-Aug-2005 11:14:02 > > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig applicationWebConfig > > > INFO: Missing application web.xml, using defaults only > > StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[] > > > > > > 5. I rename ROOT.war to ROOT.zip and open in WinZip to > > check file structure, in particular web.xml and to ensure > > that ROOT is not part of packaged paths. > > > 6. I unzip ROOT.zip to webapps\ROOT > > > 7. I make a request to the web application which succeeds > > including filters defined in the web.xml > > > 8. Stop Tomcat > > > 9. With WinZip, rezip the tested working ROOT folder contents > > > 10. Delete webapps\ROOT > > > 11. Rename ROOT.zip to ROOT.war > > > 12. Cut ROOT.war onto Desktop. > > > 13. Start Tomcat > > > 14. Cut ROOT.war into webapps > > > 15. Get same error. > > > > > > INFO: Deploying web application archive ROOT.war > > > 22-Aug-2005 11:14:02 > > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig applicationWebConfig > > > INFO: Missing application web.xml, using defaults only > > StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[] > > > > > > Could the fact that my ROOT.war is 18MB have anything to do > > with Tomcat's ability to examine for the web.xml??? 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