*shrug* I use win2k and it is EASY to use jk2 on that.  Kinda bad that
the unix/linux install is worse than the windows one.  Sigh.
--Angus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michiel Toneman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:44 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: the pain of choice
> 
> 
> Great, let's use JK2....
> 
> My experience:
> 
> <rant-mode>
> 
>     tar -xvzf jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-src-current.tar.gz
>     cd jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/
> 
>     less README.txt -> gibberish, doesn't help me much
>     less RELEASE-NOTES.txt
> 
>     ------------------------------
>                          Tomcat Connectors Version @VERSION@
>                                 Release Notes
>      
>     This version matches the version included with tomcat-5.0.2, and
>     supports tomcat 3.3, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0.
>     Bugs and issues will be tracked with tomcat5 - this file will list
>     only issues related with
>     older versions.
>     ------------------------------
> 
>     5.0.2??? my confidence is growing.
> 
> 
>         ls doc/*
>         doc/install_tomcat33.html  doc/install_tomcat40.html 
>         doc/install_tomcat41.html
> 
> 
>     Hmmm, I want to install it for tomcat 5.0.19. Ok, I'll 
> read the most
>     current (install_tomcat41.html). Try it, it's quite amusing... Not
>     helpful.
> 
>         ant
> 
>     ------------------------------------
>     Buildfile: build.xml
>      
>     build:
>      
>     BUILD FAILED
>     
> file:/data/michiel/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/bui
> ld.xml:45:
>     Basedir /data/michiel/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/util
>     does not exist
>      
>     Total time: 1 second
>     --------------------------------------
> 
> 
>     Ok, it can't find it's own files.... Great....
> 
>         cd jk
> 
>     See if this works.....
> 
>         ant
> 
>     --------------------------------------
>     Buildfile: build.xml
>      
>     detect:
>          [echo] -------- jakarta-tomcat-connectors --------
>      
>     prepare:
>      
>     BUILD FAILED
>     
> file:/data/michiel/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/jk/
> build.xml:142:
>     Warning: Could not find file
>     
> /data/michiel/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/coyote/b
> uild/lib/tomcat-coyote.jar
>     to copy.
>      
>     Total time: 1 second
>     --------------------------------------
> 
>     lets read the README.txt
> 
>     blablabla Tomcat 4.1. No mention of Tomcat 5.x
> 
> 
>     This feels like abandoned alpha software all the way, there is NO
>     WAY I'm putting this on a production machine.
> 
> 
> </rant-mode>
> 
> 
> Summary: if you package and distribute software like this, 
> how on earth 
> do you expect your users to build, let alone use it?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michiel
> 
> P.S. Compare this to the Tomcat release on UNIX:
> 
> tar xvzf jakarta-tomcat-xxx.tgz
> cd jakarta-tomcat-xxx
> bin/startup.sh
> 
> it works....
> 
> Angus Mezick wrote:
> 
> >Jk vs jk2.  JK is dead STOP USING IT.  JK2 all the way!! 
> (sorry, jk2 is
> >the prefered way to link apache2 to tomcat[45])
> >
> >I would suggest using tomcat 4 for now if you are going 
> immediately into
> >a production environment where you have to abide by a server level
> >agreement.  Otherwise use tomcat 5.  Tomcat 5 is listed as stable but
> >seems a bit shakey right now with the bugs that keep popping up.
> >
> >There is no reason that I know of not to use Apache2.
> >
> >You will be using worker2.properties.
> >
> >Since I know nothing about JK I can't comment on the rest.
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: C. Kukulies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> >>Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 5:33 PM
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Subject: the pain of choice
> >>
> >>
> >>Can someone give me an advice which way to go WRT to using a 
> >>tomcat/apache combo on a Unix (not Linux) system?
> >>
> >>There are so many options, jk, jk2, tomcat 3-4-5, apache 
> 1.3, apache2.
> >>worker.properties worker2.properties, jk2.properties in tomcat/conf,
> >>mod_jk.conf in etc/apache, mod_jk, mod_jk2.
> >>
> >>Then I see constructs in brackets [] in worker.properties and 
> >>without these.
> >>What is workers.host=jsp-hostname? Is it an IP host? Or is it 
> >>some placeholder
> >>which must be in workers.list?
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku_at_physik.rwth-aachen.de
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