Thanks guys, good responses, I think I'll not use the Centos packages and go with the "official" versions for the reasons mentioned.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:34 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > fred basset wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I've got a new server running the latest Centos. I want to install >> Apace tomcat on there. >> Should I use tomcat5 installed via yum, or instead use the "original" >> version from http://tomcat.apache.org? >> Also, my server currently has OpenJDK1.6. For max. reliability and >> least hassles is this the best JVM to use with Tomcat or should I use >> the original version from Sun? >> > Considering that this is the support list for "the official Tomcat", let me > give you a nevertheless measured and reasoned answer : it depends. > > - If you want further support for your problems from this list, then I > strongly suggest that you de-install OpenJDK 1.6, and install the Sun JDK > 1.6 instead. Then, it will also simplify your future interactions with this > list, if you install the latest official Tomcat 6 version available from the > official Tomcat site, rather than the CentOS package. > > - If on the other hand, you prefer to get all your future support not from > this list, but from the CentOS lists, then go ahead and install the CentOS > stuff. > > Just don't mix and match. > > People on this list generally do not use OpenJDK 1.6, and do not know how > the packagers of the CentOS Tomcat package arrange the files over the file > system, nor what they put in their Tomcat configuration files. > So it is really difficult to help someone in case of trouble with these > other packages. > That does not mean that the CentOS packages are bad, it just means that on > this list you will not get much help with them. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
