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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 52049] New: Incorrect setup instructions

https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52049

             Bug #: 52049
           Summary: Incorrect setup instructions
           Product: Tomcat 6
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Documentation
        AssignedTo: dev@tomcat.apache.org
        ReportedBy: akalender@persicon.com
    Classification: Unclassified


Hi,

in chapter 2 setup of the documentation of at least Tomcat 6 and Tomcat 7 for
the windows installation the following item is mentioned:

"Java location: The installer will use the registry or the JAVA_HOME
environment variable to determine the base path of a J2SE 5 JRE."

I think that JAVA_HOME should/must be replaced by JRE_HOME. If the variable
JAVA_HOME is exported Tomcat seems to expect a valid base path of a J2SE 5 JDK
(or J2SE 6 JDK for Tomcat 7). 

I would like to ask for an update of the corresponding manual pages. Thanks in
advance!

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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 52049] Incorrect setup instructions

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--- Comment #1 from Konstantin Kolinko <kn...@gmail.com> 2011-10-18 14:31:44 UTC ---
Yes, the text is wrong, but in a different way: the Tomcat Windows installer
does not look for JAVA_HOME or for JRE_HOME variables. It looks at the registry
only.

(Function findJavaHome in res/tomcat.nsi)

The service.bat manual service installation script does look for those
variables, but it is not what is described here.

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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 52049] Incorrect setup instructions

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--- Comment #2 from akalender@persicon.com 2011-10-18 14:37:30 UTC ---
Excuse me, yes, you are correct the windows installer will use the registry. 

In this case still exporting JAVA_HOME as a pointer to the base directory of a
JRE might cause problems. 
E.g. one might deflate the plain zip-file in parallel and start the
"statup.bat" (I haven't tested whether the registry value will be used by
"startup.bat" created by windows installer).

So if the value JAVA_HOME is not used I would like to ask you to remove it or
(as in case of the startup.bat file) to correct the information. 

Don't get me wrong, it is not a big problem to me. Usally I only refer to (the
very good) documentation of Apache projects if customers want to install an
application manually. And one (no pro in IT) has chosen to install it manually
and  get's an error that the JAVA_HOME should point to JDK instead of a JRE.

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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 52049] Incorrect setup instructions

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--- Comment #4 from Konstantin Kolinko <kn...@gmail.com> 2011-10-26 18:18:38 UTC ---
Updated 5.5 docs as well in r1189356 - will be in 5.5.35.

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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 52049] Incorrect setup instructions

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Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #3 from Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> 2011-10-20 17:38:44 UTC ---
Fixed in trunk, 7.0.x (will be in 7.0.23 onwards) and 6.0.x (will be in 6.0.34
onwards).

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