Hm, this answer has been given quite a few times recently - I guess it makes sens to put it on the FAQ: http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ
Rgds Gregor On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Caldarale, Charles R <chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: > > Indicative of a broken Tomcat installation, which is pretty typical with > these 3rd-party repackaged versions. I strongly suggest you throw away that > junk and install a real Tomcat from tomcat.apache.org; this mailing list is > littered with problem reports from attempted use of non-standard Tomcat > installations. If you insist on using the package from Debian, you'll need > to consult whatever Debian support mechanisms there are. > >> I expected tomcat to have servlet-api.jar >> available in its classpath somehow > > A real Tomcat installation does not have this problem. > >> 1) Is it necessary to copy servlet-api.jar to the >> WEB-INF/lib directory of every web application that >> i have? > > Not only is it not necessary, it is not allowed. > -- just because your paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you... gpgp-fp: 79A84FA526807026795E4209D3B3FE028B3170B2 gpgp-key available @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de:11371 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
