I agree.
Sometimes I encouter some displeasure when copy or move the jar files
to /shared/lib, which I thought should be nothing serious.
But I donot think RPMs could make installing Tomcat a mess.
And, indeed, "just sticking everything in the war file" is more portable :)
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:25:58 -0600, QM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 01:11:42AM -0000, Henrik Vendelbo wrote:
> : Fedora Core 3, Tomcat 5.5.4 & Java 5 installed with rpm's
>
> Any reason you used RPMs instead of raw tarballs/zipfiles?
>
> I usually prefer RPMs, don't get me wrong -- but when it comes to Java
> apps, I find RPMs overkill and too much of a hassle.
>
> : And then based on working web apps, I moved some of the Tapestry jars into
> : shared/lib.
>
> Any reason you did this?
> In my experience, using /shared/lib was more trouble than it's worth.
>
> Read on:
>
> : 2) Am I just stupid to attempt to use shared/lib rather than just sticking
> : everything in the war file ?
>
> "Stupid" is a harsh term in this case; but it's certainly preferable
> that each webapp be a standalone, portable unit.
>
> Some people use shared/lib or common/lib in the hopes of saving space,
> but I'd rather sacrafice a few mb here and there if it makes it easier
> for me to shuffle my app around. -that, and using container-wide
> repositories for app-level JARs is asking for a headache when
> applications' needs diverge.
>
> : 3) Where can I find a list of the jar's present in server/lib commons/lib
> : shared/lib in a fresh install ?
>
> If you used the RPM:
> rpm -ql -p {RPM file} | egrep 'server/lib|common/lib'
>
> or just grab the raw zip file:
> unzip -l {RPM file} | egrep 'server/lib|common/lib'
>
> : 4) Is JMX tools to manage Tomcat the way forward ?
>
> I suppose this is more a question for the developers; but it really
> depends on what you mean by "manage." If you're not doing anything
> fancy, then the basic start/stop scripts should be fine. ;)
>
> -QM
>
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