Sad but true. Why DON'T the ant build files work? Did someone get lazy? Is JK2 part of a source tree that we're only getting a portion of when we download the source tarball?
> Great, let's use JK2.... > > My experience: > > <rant-mode> > > tar -xvzf jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-src-current.tar.gz > cd jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/ > > less README.txt -> gibberish, doesn't help me much > less RELEASE-NOTES.txt > > ------------------------------ > Tomcat Connectors Version @VERSION@ > Release Notes > > This version matches the version included with tomcat-5.0.2, and > supports tomcat 3.3, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0. > Bugs and issues will be tracked with tomcat5 - this file will list > only issues related with > older versions. > ------------------------------ > > 5.0.2??? my confidence is growing. > > > ls doc/* > doc/install_tomcat33.html doc/install_tomcat40.html > doc/install_tomcat41.html > > > Hmmm, I want to install it for tomcat 5.0.19. Ok, I'll read the most > current (install_tomcat41.html). Try it, it's quite amusing... Not > helpful. > > ant > > ------------------------------------ > Buildfile: build.xml > > build: > > BUILD FAILED > file:/data/michiel/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/build.xml:45: > Basedir /data/michiel/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/util > does not exist > > Total time: 1 second > -------------------------------------- > > > Ok, it can't find it's own files.... Great.... > > cd jk > > See if this works..... > > ant > > -------------------------------------- > Buildfile: build.xml > > detect: > [echo] -------- jakarta-tomcat-connectors -------- > > prepare: > > BUILD FAILED > file:/data/michiel/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/jk/build.xml:142: > Warning: Could not find file > > /data/michiel/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.4-src/coyote/build/lib/tomcat-coyote.jar > to copy. > > Total time: 1 second > -------------------------------------- > > lets read the README.txt > > blablabla Tomcat 4.1. No mention of Tomcat 5.x > > > This feels like abandoned alpha software all the way, there is NO > WAY I'm putting this on a production machine. > > > </rant-mode> > > > Summary: if you package and distribute software like this, how on earth > do you expect your users to build, let alone use it? > > Cheers, > > Michiel > > P.S. Compare this to the Tomcat release on UNIX: > > tar xvzf jakarta-tomcat-xxx.tgz > cd jakarta-tomcat-xxx > bin/startup.sh > > it works.... > > Angus Mezick wrote: > >>Jk vs jk2. JK is dead STOP USING IT. JK2 all the way!! (sorry, jk2 is >>the prefered way to link apache2 to tomcat[45]) >> >>I would suggest using tomcat 4 for now if you are going immediately into >>a production environment where you have to abide by a server level >>agreement. Otherwise use tomcat 5. Tomcat 5 is listed as stable but >>seems a bit shakey right now with the bugs that keep popping up. >> >>There is no reason that I know of not to use Apache2. >> >>You will be using worker2.properties. >> >>Since I know nothing about JK I can't comment on the rest. >> >> >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: C. Kukulies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 5:33 PM >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Subject: the pain of choice >>> >>> >>>Can someone give me an advice which way to go WRT to using a >>>tomcat/apache combo on a Unix (not Linux) system? >>> >>>There are so many options, jk, jk2, tomcat 3-4-5, apache 1.3, apache2. >>>worker.properties worker2.properties, jk2.properties in tomcat/conf, >>>mod_jk.conf in etc/apache, mod_jk, mod_jk2. >>> >>>Then I see constructs in brackets [] in worker.properties and >>>without these. >>>What is workers.host=jsp-hostname? Is it an IP host? Or is it >>>some placeholder >>>which must be in workers.list? >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku_at_physik.rwth-aachen.de >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > > -- > Michiel Toneman Software Engineer Bibit Global Payment Services > Regulierenring 10 3981 LB Bunnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel. +31-30-6595168 Fax +31-30-6564464 http://www.bibit.com/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
