Author: kkolinko Date: Sat Aug 11 16:55:35 2012 New Revision: 1371976 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1371976&view=rev Log: Rephrase. It is followup to my r1371017.
Modified: tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt Modified: tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt?rev=1371976&r1=1371975&r2=1371976&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt (original) +++ tomcat/trunk/BUILDING.txt Sat Aug 11 16:55:35 2012 @@ -44,20 +44,26 @@ source distribution, do the following: http://openjdk.java.net/install/index.html or another JDK vendor. - Note: - Apache Tomcat builds a private copy of the Apache Commons DBCP - library, which is used to provide support for database connection - pooling. As far as java.sql interfaces differ in different Java - versions, the library can be successfully compiled only with the - specified version of JDK. + Note regarding later versions of Java: - See Apache Commons DBCP project web site for more details, - http://commons.apache.org/dbcp/ + As documented elsewhere, one of components in Apache Tomcat includes + a private copy of the Apache Commons DBCP library. The source code + for this library is downloaded, processed by the build script + (renaming the packages) and compiled. + + Due to changes in JDBC interfaces implemented by the library between + versions of Java SE specification, the library has to target specific + version of Java and can be compiled only with the JDK version + implementing this version of specification. + + See Apache Commons DBCP project web site for more details on + available versions of the library and its requirements, + + http://commons.apache.org/dbcp/ If you really want to use a later version of JDK to build Tomcat, - several workarounds are possible. One of them is to skip building the - library. Note though that you might not be able to create a "release" - without it. + several workarounds are possible. One of them is to skip building + the component (tomcat-dbcp.jar). 3. Install the JDK according to the instructions included with the release. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org