On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Eddie Bush wrote:
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:38:35 -0500
> From: Eddie Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RPM Upgrade from 4.0.4 - error: failed dependencies:
>
> Hi, I was wondering if someone could tell me why the LE version has a
> dependency on jaxp/xml api/commons logging. This is all functionality
> found in J2SDK 1.4 (hence the LE version), right? My guess is that the
> packages contain "better versions" - is this correct? My SDK install
> was via RPM as well. I'm going to hold off on the upgrade until I get a
> signal that these dependencies are actually needed. I don't mind adding
> commons logging and log4j, as I use them anyway, and like the idea of a
> RPM install. However, the jaxp/xml api stuff has thrown me for a loop.
> I really don't think any of these dependencies should exist.
>
> error: failed dependencies:
> jaxp_parser_impl is needed by tomcat4-4.1.9-le.1jpp
> xml-commons-apis is needed by tomcat4-4.1.9-le.1jpp
> jakarta-commons-logging >= 1.0.1 is needed by tomcat4-4.1.9-le.1jpp
>
> I know someone out there knows if these are true requirements, or if
> this is perhaps a misconfiguration in building the RPMs. I would
> appreciate it if they would step forward and clearify this point for me.
> :-)
>
The reason for the dependency on commons-logging is that Tomcat itself
needs to run on pre-JDK-1.4 platforms, so it cannot use JDK 1.4 logging
directly. Instead, commons-logging is a wrapper API that allows people
running Tomcat to use JDK 1.4 logging if they are on 1.4 (that's what I do
in my personal environment), or use Log4J if they like that better or are
running on 1.2 or 1.3.
> I can't say how shocked I was to find RPMs for the beta to begin with.
> I suppose kudos for that go out to Henri (and, I'm sure, many others as
> well). I, for one, really appreciate it!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eddie
Craig
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
