Thanks for the reply, guess its a "feature". I can live with that.
Thanks David Farb ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: Re: Tomcat 4.0.3 manager reload bug? > David, > > The documentation and what actually happens doesn't correspond, if > I remember correctly the documentation says a reload with cause a fresh > parse of the web.xml, the source code says otherwise. You'll need to > remove the application, then create a new one for web.xml parsing to be > done. > > Regards, > > James Williamson > www.nameonthe.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Farb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:07 PM > Subject: Tomcat 4.0.3 manager reload bug? > > > > My appologies if I sent this twice, I sent it as the body of the subscribe > > originally, not sure if that works. > > > > In any case: > > > > When I use manager/reload?path=... it doesn't reparse web.xml, but does > > reload classes. Am I missing something or ... Everything else I have done > is > > working fine. > > > > I am new to this, so its likely a configuration problem. First of all, let > > me say that Tomcat is a TRUELY WONDERFUL PIECE OF SOFTWARE, THANKS TO ALL > > WHO WORK ON IT!!! > > > > Relevant facts: > > > > - Running Tomcat 4.0.3 on Windows 2000 Professional. > > - I created my own Service definition by copying relevent parts of others > in > > server.xml. (text available, but not included here to cut down on the > size.) > > - I use a different directory structure for my webapps than the one inside > > Tomcat > > - I copied the manager app directory (basically just web.xml in the > WEB-INF > > subdirectory) from the TomCat 4.0 webapps to mine. > > - There are no configurations in my server.xml for applications, I rely on > > the dynamic loading process where Tomcat loads anything as an application > > which looks like one in the webapps directory, hence reloadable=true is > NOT > > set. > > - Reload works always reports success, but changes to web.xml do not show > up > > (like adding a new servlet). > > - Shutting down and restarting does reload web.xml (obviously) > > - Installing a new .class file into the webapps directories DOES NOT show > up > > in the appllication unless a manager/reload is done. > > > > Conclusion: web.xml is not reloaded, .class files are. > > > > I have searched various online bugs and this email list and find no > reports > > of this problem. > > > > I suppose the real solution is to put the configuration in server.xml, but > I > > am reporting this anyway incase someone wants to fix it or it is a symptom > > of a > > more serious problem. > > > > This is not a major annoyance, just a minor problem. > > > > David Farb > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
