Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:06:51 +0200 From: Herve Quiroz <herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: New port for using Tomcat with jakarta-commons-daemon (jscv) Message-ID: <20050706120651.GA75826@arabica.esil.univ-mrs.fr> In-Reply-To: <20050704133223.GA52134@arabica.esil.univ-mrs.fr> References: <15241.1119787301@www19.gmx.net> <20050704133223.GA52134@arabica.esil.univ-mrs.fr>
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As Angelo Turetta just pointed out to me, the attached shar seems to have been lost in the process. You may grab it here: http://people.freebsd.org/~hq/jakarta-tomcat-daemon.shar Herve On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 03:32:23PM +0200, Herve Quiroz wrote: > Hi Martin, > > [ Various Tomcat-realted PRs submitters CC'ed, as well as the Tomcat > ports maintainer -- PR list at the end of the message ] > > [ Attached to this message is a new shar, again supplied by Martin, but > hopefully without tabs and \n messed up in the process ] > > I tested your port, and have a little remark: there can only be one > tomcat server running at a time using your rcNG script. I don't know if > this is a problem, as I don't know how much it is useful to run several > different versions of tomcat at once on the same machine. I have a > workaround for this issue, though. See below. > > OTOH, I find the script quite simple to use and pass arguments via > rc.conf. I would really like to hear from the Tomcat users/maintainer > community though. > > So my plan for now is the following: > > - Rework the sysutils/jakarta-commons-daemon port and add it in the > ports tree. > - Add a rcNG/Tomcat port: sysutils/jakarta-tomcat-rncg. This port would > be bound to (but not depend on -- see below) a particular Tomcat port > (which user may pick at build/install), and would set an according > PKGNAMESUFFIX (e.g. "50", "55") so that we could install several > startup scripts for the many installed Tomcat ports. > - Have each Tomcat port in the tree depend on an according > jakarta-tomcat-rncgXX port. That's why we don't want the tomcat-rcng > ports to depend on a particular Tomcat port (cyclic dependency). > > The first step will be straightforward, and don't really need feedback > from the Tomcat community. This port would be a nice addition to the > ports tree anyhow. The 2nd and 3rd steps both depend on the feedback > from users and maintainers. Hence, while I proceed with the first step, > I would be glad if people could comment on the next ones, so we don't > end up implementing something worthless... > > The PKGNAMESUFFIX and "multiple tomcat launchers" approach described in > step 2 means that there will be different configuration settings, each > specific to one tomcat version (e.g. "tomcat50_enable", > "tomcat55_javahome"...). > > However, we need to discuss the patch-jsvc-unix.c issue. I don't think > it is good to disable some FreeBSD-specific code in a generic utility > port such as jakarta-commons-daemon. But you seem to think this is > useful in our Tomcat/rcNG case. Hence, here again I need feedback and/or > contribution or we will probably have to have two distinct ports > (jakarta-commons-daemon and jakarta-tomcat-launcher), possibly with the > later importing stuff from the former. > > Now, regarding the required contributions, I would say that I can > probably implement the 3 forecited steps myself, given I already have > all I need with the shar you submitted. I just need to know who wants to > become maintainer(s) of the various incoming new ports. > > A lot of work and energy has already been put into finding a way to pass > arguments to Tomcat, and to handle the lifecycle of the Tomcat daemon > (see PRs list at the end of the message), so let's review the various > submissions and implement something so we can move on with this issue. > > Herve > > > PS: FYI, a repost of the list of related PRs (to my knowledge): > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/38018 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/38020 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/59571 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/74344 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/75143
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