On Sat, 2 Apr 2011, Pierre Goupil wrote:
> Yes, but the download page says that .tar.gz is recommended for Unix / Linux
> and .zip for Windows, IIRC.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:41 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 2 April 2011 10:35, Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > i just noticed that users on a linux/unix system that unload tomcat7
> > > from the zip file are going to have trouble running it since the bin/
> > > scripts are not marked executable in the zip file.
> >
> > Unfortunately Zip does not support such attributes.
> >
> > > if tomcat7 is unloaded from the tar ball, then everything will work
> > > fine since the scripts are executable. but from the zip file, they
> > > aren't, which means someone who runs "sh bin/startup.sh" will get:
> > >
> > > Cannot find bin/catalina.sh
> > > This file is needed to run this program
> > >
> > > and that's because of this test in startup.sh:
> > >
> > > if [ ! -x "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" ]; then
> > > echo "Cannot find $PRGDIR/$EXECUTABLE"
> > > echo "This file is needed to run this program"
> > > exit 1
> > > fi
> > >
> > > the catalina.sh script is there, of course, it's just not executable
> > > so startup.sh (misleadingly) claims it doesn't exist.
> >
> > Agreed, the message is misleading.
> >
> > > experienced linux users will probably notice what's going on
> > > immediately, but others might be thoroughly confused.
#1: don't top post.
#2: the advice is still wrong. there is a distinct difference
between "recommended" and "required". if you choose to defend what
you *imagine* you're reading there, feel free. i, on the other hand,
am criticizing (for good reason) what is *actually* there.
rday
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