Has anyone attempted a tomcat7 package?

[Ernesto Hernández-Novich <emhnemhn@gmail.com>]

I've been trying to build a tomcat7 package based on the existing
tomcat6 package. After fiddling with it for a while, I've managed to
"build" what looks like a working binary, but I get a backtrace when the
services starts.

The relevant part of the backtrace is

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/tomcat/util/res/StringManager
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.<clinit>(Catalina.java:80)
...
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:406)

meaning there's a missing class.

I found the reference to the class in build.xml however I have no idea
why it's not being built nor what should I do in debian/rules to install
it in its proper place. I've run ant manually and gotten the file to
build, and attempted putting it in tomcat's class search path, but the
problem persists.

If anyone is working on a tomcat7 package, or can shed light on what I'm
supposed to do next, I'd appreciate any pointers.

Thanks in advance!
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