Public bug reported: The dependency on ecj-bootstrap creates an unnecessary dependency on gcj.
It was added in Debian upstream "so there is a jsp compiler". (see http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/t/tomcat5.5/tomcat5.5_5.5.17-1ubuntu1/changelog) This seems bogus since the vanilla tomcat works fine with only Sun's JDK. Apparently the gcj dependency was introduced to work around a Debian packaging bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384062 ** Affects: tomcat5.5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Dependency on ecj-bootstrap https://launchpad.net/bugs/72222 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
