[news.eclipse.webtools] Re: Tomcat 6 web app is not started because of "

[janylj@xxxxxxxxx (Jan Yan)]

Yes, it fixed the problem. Thank you very much.

Best,
Jan

Larry Isaacs wrote:

> Again by inspection, Attributes appears to handle line endings of LF and 
>   CRLF, either of which should work on both Linux and Windows.

> If I can assume '^M' is a CR, then your problem is likely that the 
> MANIFEST.MF committed to CVS from Linux contained CRLFs instead of LFs. 
>   When checked out of CVS to Windows using OS dependent line endings, an 
> extra CR is being inserted prior to the LFs, resulting in CRCRLF at the 
> end of each line.  After ignoring the trailing CRLF, the last line is 
> failing the colon test since it contains just CR.  If this is the 
> problem, just ensure that what is in CVS contains just LFs, then any 
> file checked out to Linux or Windows should work regardless of the use 
> of OS dependent line endings.

> Cheers,
> Larry

> Jan Yan wrote:
> > Yes, this is exactly the problem. I replaced the MANIFEST.MF with the 
> > new project's. And it works at Windows. Then I checked in the new 
> > MANIFEST.MF file and tried it at Linux box. It gave me the same error 
> > "java.io.IOException: invalid header field". Do we have to have two 
> > different MANIFEST.MF files, one for Windows and one for Linux?
> >
> > Also I diff these two MANIFEST.MF files.
> > The one has problem at Windows, but works at Linux is:
> >
> > Manifest-Version: 1.0^M
> > Class-Path: ^M
> > ^M
> >
> > The one works at Windows, but doesn't work at Linux is:
> >
> > Manifest-Version: 1.0^M^M
> > Class-Path: ^M^M
> > ^M^M
> >
> > I created the project as Dynamic Web Project and didn't change the 
> > default MANIFEST.MF at all. Does it suggest that a bug in Eclipse side 
> > that a web project created at Linux is not compatible at Windows?
> >
> > Anyway, thank you so much for the help.
> >
> >
> > Larry Isaacs wrote:
> >
> > > Inspecting source code, the "ExtensionValidator.java:149" suggests 
> > > that Tomcat is attempting to read the MANIFEST.MF file in the META-INF 
> > > folder of the webapp.  The "invalid header field" comes from 
> > > java.util.jar.Attributes when a line, continuations included, doesn't 
> > > contain a colon, or the colon isn't followed by the required space. 
> > > Check the "WebContentMETA-INFMANIFEST.MF" file in your checked out 
> > > project and see what it contains.  Creating a new project would have 
> > > created a new one.  I assume when you copied the source, this new 
> > > MANIFEST.MF wasn't overwritten.
> >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Larry
> >
> > > Jan Yan wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have an Eclipse project which is running OK on JDK 1.5, Tomcat 6 
> > > > from Eclipse 3.4 on a Linux box. The whole project is checked in to a 
> > > > source code repository. Then I checked this project out from a 
> > > > Windows box, Eclipse Europa, also using JDK 1.5, Tomcat 6. When I 
> > > > deployed the project and started the Tomcat server. I got the error:
> > > >
> > > > SEVERE: Error in dependencyCheck
> > > > java.io.IOException: invalid header field
> > > >     at java.util.jar.Attributes.read(Unknown Source)
> > > >     at java.util.jar.Manifest.read(Unknown Source)
> > > >     at java.util.jar.Manifest.<init>(Unknown Source)
> > > >     at
org.apache.catalina.util.ExtensionValidator.validateApplication(ExtensionValidator.java:149) 
> > > >     at 
> > > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4167) 
> > > >
> > > >     at 
> > > > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
> > > >     at 
> > > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
> > > >     at 
> > > > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
> > > >     at 
> > > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
> > > >     at 
> > > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
> > > >     at 
> > > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
> > > >     at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)
> > > >     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> > > >     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > >     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > >     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > >     at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
> > > >     at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
> > > > Sep 2, 2008 3:50:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
> > > > SEVERE: Error getConfigured
> > > > Sep 2, 2008 3:50:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
> > > > SEVERE: Context [/XXXXPOC] startup failed due to previous errors
> > > >
> > > > According to the post: 
> > > > http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.webtools/msg11055.html, 
> > > > I created a new project at this Windows box, then copied all the 
> > > > source codes and web folder to the new project. The new project is at 
> > > > the same workspace as the previous error project and has the 
> > > > identical content. And it is running just FINE! The question is why 
> > > > the project I checked out directly from the repository didn't work? 
> > > > Also I copied the new project's settings folder to the error project. 
> > > > But the previous error project still didn't work. So what else is 
> > > > different between the error project and new project?
> > > >
> > > > Please help! I would like to know whether it relates to Windows vs. 
> > > > Linux. Is there way to fix it so that it works at all the environments.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much.