> My Env: RH Linux v8 > JDK1.3.1_06 > Tomcat v4.1.12 (RPM distro) > Cocoon v2.0.3 (binary) > Xindice CVS
I have the same configuration except that I've simply installed tomcat-4.1.12.tar.gz on my system. > BUG #1 > ------ > Tomcat won't unpack the $CATALINA_HOME/webapp/*.war files for me. > I have to do this myself. works fine for me (i.e. automatically unpacks everything). In the Admin Tool, you can set this preference under "Tomcat Server > Service > Host": set "unpack wars" to true. > BUG #2 > ------ > I never read any doc about the 'tomcat4' command, but my > distro did *not* come with startup/shutdown scripts. After > nosing around, i found that 4.1.12 (RPM-only???) uses this is rpm only. I have those scripts in tomcat/bin > QUESTION #1 > ----------- > i don't see instructions in our howto for editing > $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml file. does win need to? Well I'm not sure you absolutely need it but I will modify the documentation to force the user to do it. The reason is that you have to configure your Xindice installation before starting Tomcat. If you start Tomcat without properly configuring Xindice, your db will be created where you started Tomcat. It's really dump but I haven't had the time to fix that. When you create a Xindice release, you'll notice a xindice-1.1b.xml file in the dist directory: this file contains the context (with the logger) that you can either copy into your server.xml file or let Tomcat deal with it. Apparently Tomcat is smart enough to load external xml config files and I try to make it work. I haven't found the right way to do it so if someone can fix that and provide a step-by-step instruction (for dumb users), it would be great. -Vladimir -- Vladimir R. Bossicard Apache Xindice - http://xml.apache.org/xindice
