Bug 578648 - Disabling JSP pre-compilation on s390x and ppc64 kills Tomcat Administration Tool
Summary: Disabling JSP pre-compilation on s390x and ppc64 kills Tomcat Administration ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: tomcat5
Version: 5.5
Hardware: s390x
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: David Knox
QA Contact: tomcat-qe
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Blocks: 668957 743405 807971
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Reported: 2010-03-31 22:47 UTC by Bryan Mason
Modified: 2018-10-27 13:56 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.34.el5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-01-08 07:04:16 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Changes to specfile to re-enable JSP precompilation (885 bytes, patch)
2010-03-31 22:52 UTC, Bryan Mason
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0014 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE tomcat5 bug fix update 2013-01-07 15:30:02 UTC

Description Bryan Mason 2010-03-31 22:47:34 UTC
Description of problem:

    The precompilation of JSP files is currently disabled in tomcat5.
    According to Bug 157205 this was changed in
    tomcat5-5.5.17-3jpp_3fc due to problems with libgcj-4.0.2-3.

    Disabling JSP precompilation effectively removed the HTTP-based
    "Tomcat Web Server Administration Tool", available through
    "http://localhost:8080/admin".

    Whatever problems existed in libgcj-4.0.2-3 seem to have been
    resolved in libgcj-4.1.2-46.el5 in RHEL 5.4, so it would seem
    that JSP precompilation can be re-enabled now.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
    
    tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2

How reproducible:

    100%

Steps to Reproduce:

    1. Install tomcat5 and tomcat5-admin-webapps
    2. Run "service tomcat5 start"
    3. Point a Web browser at http://<host-name>:8080/admin
  
Actual results:

    HTTP Status 404 - /admin/

    type         Status report
    message      /admin/
    description  The requested resource (/admin/) is not available.

Expected results:

    The login screen for the Tomcat Web Server Administration Tool
    should be displayed in the Web browser.

Additional info:

    I was able to successfully build an s390x version of
    tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2 with JSP precompilation enabled for
    all architectures.  Subsequent installation and testing of those
    packages on an s390x system showed that the Administration Tool
    was accessible.

Comment 1 Bryan Mason 2010-03-31 22:52:41 UTC
Created attachment 403839 [details]
Changes to specfile to re-enable JSP precompilation

The following changes to the tomcat5 specfile should re-enable compilation on the ppc64 and s390x archs.

Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2010-12-07 10:32:21 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and Red Hat does not plan to fix this issue the currently developed update.

Contact your manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.

Comment 9 RHEL Program Management 2011-05-31 14:11:31 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the
current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this
request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support
representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant,
in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 11 RHEL Program Management 2011-09-23 00:27:30 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the
current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this
request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support
representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant,
in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 15 RHEL Program Management 2012-04-02 10:31:18 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product Management has
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for
potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release for currently
deployed products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in
a release.

Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2013-01-08 07:04:16 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0014.html


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