Hi Barry, first of all, thanks for your quick reply! On Wed, 08 Nov 2006, Barry Hawkins wrote: > Tomcat needs a JDK, as Jasper has to compile JSPs into Servlets. A JRE > is insufficient for running any Tomcat version. You're surely right in this regard, but I also got sun-java5-jdk installed. Its Provides: field tells me: Provides: java-compiler, java2-compiler So, that means the Depends: field of tomcat5.5 should probably be changed from Depends: java-gcj-compat-dev (>= 1.0.30-5) | kaffe (>= 2:1.1.6-3) | java2-runtime to Depends: java-gcj-compat-dev (>= 1.0.30-5) | kaffe (>= 2:1.1.6-3) | java2-compiler (substitute java2-runtime by java2-compiler) (Reason for this suggestion is that it should be possible that the dependencies allow using tomcat5.5 in conjunction with Sun's JDK (without the need to install the GNU Java compiler) ). Please don't get me wron, a Java environment that's conformant to the DFSG is surely great, but some projects have different requirements and all installed JDKs should be treated as equally well-suited for running Tomcat 5.5. What do you (and the other subscribers) think about the suggested change to the Depends: field? TIA for any info! Greetings, Holger
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