On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Glenn Nielsen wrote:
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:18:39 -0600
> From: Glenn Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Tomcat 4.1-dev Host unpackWARs not working
>
> The Host attribute unpackWARs="true" is not working in the Tomcat 4 HEAD CVS
> version.
>
> I think it is due to the following at line 232 in StandardHostDeployer.java
> If you turn debug on you will see that a war file in the webapps directory
> is deployed using a jar:file URL.
>
> // Expand a WAR archive into an unpacked directory if needed
> // NOTE: If the user supplies a "jar:file:" URL, assume that
> // they do not want WAR expansion even if unpackWARs is set
> if (host.isUnpackWARs() && !url.startsWith("jar:file:")) {
>
> What is the reason for making the above assumption?
>
> If there is a valid reason for doing this, it should be documented
> that unpackWARs="true" works except when ...
>
This comment is embedded inside the install() method, which accepts a URL
to either a WAR or a directory. Since the person doing the deployment
(typically using the manager webapp) consciously made a choice to send one
or the other, it's not a good idea for the container to second guess that
choice.
I will update the docs on unpackWARs to note that it only applies to
auto-deployed apps (from the appBase directory) at startup time.
> Regards,
>
> Glenn
>
Craig
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