Re: tomcat 6 build from source-code

> ---- Original Message ----- From: "Vishwa Chary" <vcharyos@...>
> To: <users@...>
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:50 PM
> Subject: tomcat 6 build from source-code
>
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>  Hi Tomcat Gurus,
>>  Appreciated if you can help me with the following :
>>
>> I'm trying to build tomcat server from the source code.  After downloading
>> the source code, "ant " command was successful in executing the deploy
>> task. It created a folder "build" under "output" folder . The "build"
>> folder
>> contains bin,conf,lib,temp,webapps directories.
>> i)I was under the impression  that executing ant would build a jar-file or
>> file-structure similar to bin-download on tomcats website
>> ii)Even with the current structure,  I cannot see any startup/shutdown
>> scripts under this build folder.
>>
>> Please let me know if I'm missing any step!
>>
>
> I think its
>   ant download
>   ant
>
> but I dont have the same version...
> when you unpack the source, actually I think you must SVN it, but anyway,
> when its there, there is a BUILD.TXT  file somewhere, and in there it will
> have the details.
>
> If I remember correctly I had to go onto the ant script and set the
> directory for the
> ant download.
>
> Its quite an amazine thing to watch... it goes off to eclipse sites and
> half the universe and gets all the dependent stuff... like JSP compilers and
> stuff... when all that stuff is there it will build.
>
> Also if you on NB... there is a NB article somewhere where some guy shows
> you how to get all that going in Netbeans as well.
>
> Enjoy
>
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