> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 8:04 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Moving /WEB-INF/lib or adding to it in TC 4.0
>
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Holscher, David M wrote:
>
> >
> > I agree totally and wouldn't ship a web app that relies on anything
> outside
> > the war file. I also understand that Tomcat has a lib directory to place
> > stuff that you want all applications to see. Neither of these things
> help
> > me. First of all, I have libraries that I don't want other apps to see
> so
> > the lib directory is a bad place (it's probably a bad idea to have
> anything
> > in the lib directory anyhow). Perhaps, I should pose my question another
> > way. Is there any way I can add jar files at a fixed location to a
> single
> > web app running under Tomcat?
> >
> > Really at issue, is that I can do it with JRun which I would really like
> to
> > replace with Tomcat 4.0 when it comes out of beta.
> >
>
> You're relying on a platform specific feature that is *not* in the
> spec.
Putting stuff in the $CATALINA_HOME\lib directory relies on stuff that is
not in the spec. Yet there is provision for that.
>
> Also, doesn't relying on this violate your first statement about "wouldn't
> ship a web app that relies on anything outside the war file"?
>
My original question was removed from your reply but if you go back a
re-read it, I said I wanted to do it in my current development environment.
We I release code to production it is in a self-contained war file.
Dave Holscher
