How about removing the code and leaving a comment in the run.bat file?

It's easy to modify the "required" of JAVA_HOME to "add tools.jar if
JAVA_HOME is available"

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de David
> Maplesden
> Enviado el: miércoles, 14 de noviembre de 2001 19:38
> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Asunto: RE: [JBoss-dev] RH: tools.jar (javac)...
>
>
> You might be jumping the gun a bit with this one.  tools.jar is
> only needed
> afaik for Jasper i.e. when Jetty (or Tomcat) needs to serve jsp
> pages.  Not
> everyone will want this, indeed many people will probably run
> JBoss without
> a servlet engine, and so they won't need tools.jar.
>
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ignacio Coloma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:57 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] RH: tools.jar (javac)...
> >
> >
> > I'm preparing a patch (my humble contribution, snif!) for
> > run.bat/run.jar.
> > It includes:
> >
> > 1.- Support for tools.jar 'a la' Tomcat: you should define a JAVA_HOME
> > environment variable that points to your java instalation
> > directory. It
> > checks if tools.jar is where it should. If not, it doesn't
> > let you start
> > JBoss.
> > 2.- Moves all the JAXP env variables into run.jar, cleaning
> > the bat file.
> > 3.- Document into run.bat a bit what's happening.
> > 4.- Include commented lines to start jboss in debug mode
> > (JPDA), both by
> > socket and by shared memory. There are docs out there about
> > how to connect
> > to an already started app. I use this one a lot.
> >
> > Ignacio.
> >
> > > -----Mensaje original-----
> > > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de
> > > Andreas Schaefer
> > > Enviado el: miércoles, 14 de noviembre de 2001 16:46
> > > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Asunto: Re: [JBoss-dev] RH: tools.jar (javac)...
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, you are missing the fact that tools.jar is plattform/vendor
> > > dependant.
> > > Therefore you would have to distribute one for each plattform.
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:14 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] RH: tools.jar (javac)...
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Maybe I am missing something, but isn't this whole issue about
> > > distributing
> > > > a compiler with JBoss so the user doesn't have to
> > download the JDK and
> > > edit
> > > > a configuration file to point to it?
> > > >
> > > > If that is the case, can't we distribute jikes?
> > > >
> > > > -Phil
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >                     "Scott M Stark"
> > > >                     <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                    To:
> > > "JBossDev \(E-mail\)"
> > > >                     Sent by:
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]        cc:
> > > >                     eforge.net
> >      Subject:
> > > Re: [JBoss-dev] RH: tools.jar
> > > >
> > > (javac)...
> > > >
> > > >                     11/13/2001 05:37 PM
> > > >                     Please respond to "Scott M Stark"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That is how both the bundled tomcat and standalone tomcat
> > handles this.
> > > > You have to have the JDK tools.jar, or jikes, or some
> > other compiler
> > > > configured
> > > > as part of the installation. Since we can't bundle tools.jar
> > > and javac.jar
> > > > is
> > > > just a black box we don't want to include since it source for
> > > it can't be
> > > > obtained,
> > > > there is nothing we can do to make this a platform
> > independent zero
> > > > configuration issue as far as I know.
> > > >
> > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Scott Stark
> > > > Chief Technology Officer
> > > > JBoss Group, LLC
> > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "David Maplesden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: "JBossDev (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 4:14 PM
> > > > Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] RH: tools.jar (javac)...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > No I haven't and I see now what you mean, I didn't read
> > what you put
> > > > > carefully enough.  Still you might be able to do it
> > this way, IIRC we
> > > > used
> > > > > to distribute javac in a javac.jar that was distributed
> > with JBoss to
> > > > > different platforms and it seemed to work OK.
> > > > >
> > > > > I thought the only reason we weren't distributing tools.jar
> > > in the same
> > > > way
> > > > > is because of licensing issues with Sun.
> > > > >
> > > > > That of course brings up a problem with 1) you can't
> > distribute any
> > > > package
> > > > > you create that contains tools.jar (I think).
> > > > >
> > > > > Perhaps the easiest thing to do for the Jetty dist is
> > to reference
> > > > tools.jar
> > > > > as if it exists in the lib/ext dir and simply include a
> > README telling
> > > > > people what is going on, then they can supply their own
> > (platform
> > > > specific
> > > > > if neccessary) jar.
> > > > >
> > > > > David
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Julian Gosnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:02 PM
> > > > > > To: David Maplesden; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] RH: tools.jar (javac)...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > David Maplesden wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1) worked fine for me...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Have you tried it on different architectures?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My concern is that if I do the build on Linux, the tools.jar
> > > > > > from my 1.3.1
> > > > > > distrib may not work on e.g. a Mac etc...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jules
> > > >
> > > >
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