Hi, I am completely new to tomcat, so excuse my st00pid questions.
I have successfully installed tomcat using blastwave packages before, however I require a custom build from source this time. I have hit a problem. I downloaded a source tarball from the website (version 5.5.26) and initiated the build using ant (distributed with solaris 10 /usr/sfw/bin/ant). It checks some bits out and builds some stuff, before eventually bombing out with this: ---8<--- build-catalina-core: [javac] Compiling 319 source files to /usr/local/tarballs/apache-tomcat-5.5.26-src/build/build/classes [javac] /usr/local/tarballs/apache-tomcat-5.5.26-src/container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ant/BaseRedirectorHelperTask.java:29: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class Redirector [javac] location: package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs [javac] import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Redirector; [javac] ^ [javac] /usr/local/tarballs/apache-tomcat-5.5.26-src/container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ant/BaseRedirectorHelperTask.java:30: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class RedirectorElement [javac] location: package org.apache.tools.ant.types [javac] import org.apache.tools.ant.types.RedirectorElement; [javac] ^ [javac] /usr/local/tarballs/apache-tomcat-5.5.26-src/container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ant/BaseRedirectorHelperTask.java:58: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class Redirector [javac] location: class org.apache.catalina.ant.BaseRedirectorHelperTask [javac] protected Redirector redirector = new Redirector(this); [javac] ^ [javac] /usr/local/tarballs/apache-tomcat-5.5.26-src/container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ant/BaseRedirectorHelperTask.java:61: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class RedirectorElement [javac] location: class org.apache.catalina.ant.BaseRedirectorHelperTask [javac] protected RedirectorElement redirectorElement = null; [javac] ^ [javac] /usr/local/tarballs/apache-tomcat-5.5.26-src/container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ant/BaseRedirectorHelperTask.java:217: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class RedirectorElement [javac] location: class org.apache.catalina.ant.BaseRedirectorHelperTask [javac] public void addConfiguredRedirector(RedirectorElement redirectorElement) { [javac] ^ [javac] /usr/local/tarballs/apache-tomcat-5.5.26-src/container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/ant/BaseRedirectorHelperTask.java:58: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class Redirector [javac] location: class org.apache.catalina.ant.BaseRedirectorHelperTask [javac] protected Redirector redirector = new Redirector(this); [javac] ^ [javac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API. [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. [javac] 6 errors BUILD FAILED file:/usr/local/tarballs/apache-tomcat-5.5.26-src/container/catalina/build.xml:616: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details. Total time: 1 minute 11 seconds ---8<--- Have I missed something? My environment is solaris 10 update 4 for sparc with most recent patch cluster applied. My java JRE is the standard one ditributed with the operating system. The system has had the JASS hardening toolkit installed. Thanks -- Best Regards Edd http://students.dec.bmth.ac.uk/ebarrett --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]