That's what I get for not reading the spec. ;) Section 10.1.3:
"javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES -- Comma-delimited list of context-relative resource paths under which the JSF implementation will look for application configuration resources before loading a configuration resource named "/WEB-INF/faces-config. xml" (if such a resource exists)." > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Marinschek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 10:14 AM > To: MyFaces Discussion > Subject: Re: /WEB-INF/faces-config.xml gets loaded twice? > > if you have a faces-config.xml in your WEB-INF directory, it > will be found and parsed automatically by the framework. If > you specify this very same file another time in the web.xml > file - it will be parsed twice.

