Re: tomcat4 & free java

[Wolfgang Baer <wbaer@gmx.de>]

ms419@freezone.co.uk wrote:
> I tried using the Debian tomcat4 package, without resorting to Blackdown 
> - but starting Tomcat always fails -
>
>
>     fis:~# invoke-rc.d tomcat4 start
>     Starting Tomcat 4.1 servlet engine using Java from /usr/lib/fjsdk: 
> invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat4, action "start" failed.
>     fis:~#
>
>
> - & in the Catalina log -
>
>
>     The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly
>     This environment variable is needed to run this program
>     NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE
>
>
> I suspect I encountered bug #299643, but setting JSP_COMPILER in 
> /etc/default/tomcat4 to "jikes-kaffe" or just "jikes" only resulted in 
> the same behavior.

Hi Jack,

No - you encountered bug #298314 from the kaffe package. kaffe is
currently broken for tomcat4 (missing jdb link). We are working on
a new upstream release which will fix this and other remaining bugs.

Wolfgang