RE: [OT] CLASSPATH (was Tomcat not starting properly)

2007-08-29 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Brian Munroe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tomcat not starting properly. The CLASSPATH environment variable should never be used when running Tomcat. (For that matter, it shouldn't be used in any Java environment these days.) Chuck: I don't mean to hijack this

Re: [OT] CLASSPATH (was Tomcat not starting properly)

2007-08-29 Thread Brian Munroe
On 8/29/07, Caldarale, Charles R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The biggest problem with CLASSPATH is that it tends to be set and then forgotten, causing classloading problems during subsequent Java executions. The resulting confusion (especially if it involves the wrong version of a class,

Re: [OT] CLASSPATH (was Tomcat not starting properly)

2007-08-29 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brian, Brian Munroe wrote: I was always told that Tomcat ignored the CLASSPATH and not to use it. Maybe that is one of those white lies they tell newbies to alleviate problems? :) The CLASSPATH environment variable is certainly not ignored by

Re: [OT] CLASSPATH (was Tomcat not starting properly)

2007-08-29 Thread Brian Munroe
On 8/29/07, Christopher Schultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The CLASSPATH environment variable is certainly not ignored by Tomcat. Here's part of the startup script from TC 5.5: # Add on extra jar files to CLASSPATH if [ -n $JSSE_HOME ]; then

Re: [OT] CLASSPATH (was Tomcat not starting properly)

2007-08-29 Thread Markus Schiegl
Hi chris, are you sure about this CLASSPATH-thing? a few lines above your quoted line catalina.sh sources/includes setclasspath.sh which zaps CLASSPATH (First clear out the user classpath) I just remembered it because i had to comment this line CLASSPATH= to use my externally set environment

Re: [OT] CLASSPATH (was Tomcat not starting properly)

2007-08-29 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Markus, Markus Schiegl wrote: are you sure about this CLASSPATH-thing? a few lines above your quoted line catalina.sh sources/includes setclasspath.sh which zaps CLASSPATH (First clear out the user classpath) Oh, hey, you're right. Thats what I