[Yanel-development] Why is a local Tomcat installed by default?

[Michael Wechner]

Andreas Wuest wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 30.11.2006 16:36 Uhr, Michael Wechner wrote:
>
>> Andreas Wuest wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Why does configure.sh automatically install a local Tomcat?
>>>
>>> Shouldn't this be configurable?
>>
>>
>>
>> well, it does only install one if you don't have a 
>> local.build.properties file.
>
>
> Wait a minute: the Tomcat is installed during configure.sh! How is a 
> user who has just checked out expected to have a 
> local.build.properties file?
>
> This looks like a chicken and the egg problem: I don't have a 
> local.build.properties file without running configure.sh, but 
> configure.sh automatically installs Tomcat if there is no 
> local.build.properties file.
>
>> But maybe we should ask first resp. we should think about what a 
>> first time user is expecting and what
>> an advanced user is expecting.
>
>
> As a first time user I did exactly what it said in the README:
>
> 1) Check out the source
> 2) Run configure.sh
> 3) Run build.sh
> 4) Run yanel.sh start
>
> The configure step should ask me if I want to have a local Tomcat 
> installed. If no, it should ask me to provide the path to my own 
> Tomcat installation.
>
>> The goal is to make it as simple and clear as possible for everyone ;-)
>
>
> Yeah, for sure. This is simple, but not clear! ;)



the reason for this was that someone added the SSL configuration to 
configure ;-), but without a Tomcat installed ....

I get your point and will try to fix it :-)

Thanks

Michi


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