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Classloader paths for 'Common' classes and libraries are inappropriate

           Summary: Classloader paths for 'Common' classes and libraries are
                    inappropriate
           Product: Tomcat 4
           Version: 4.0.6 Final
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Catalina
        AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: IskanderMerriman@hotmail.com


Currently 'Common' classes and libraries are searched from $CATALINA_HOME, where they should 
better be located in $CATALINA_BASE. At the very least, $CATALINA_BASE/common/lib and 
$CATALINA_BASE/common/classes should be supplementary.

Consider a shared hosting 
environment where the Tomcat core classes are kept read-only by a super-user, and entities run 
(many) instances of Tomcat from their own $CATALINA_BASE directories.  Putting common jars in 
$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib isn't an option if two entities are using incompatible versions of 
the same library.

Appending $CATALINA_BASE/common/lib and classes should break very, 
very few existing installations.

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