RedShift wrote: > Filipe Brandenburger wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 13:56, RedShift<redshift at pandora.be> wrote: >>> I've installed the JDK 1.5 and used alternatives --config java to use the 1.5 JDK from Sun. However, the same compilation error still occurs. How do I tell rpmbuild or the .spec to use the Sun JDK? >> I believe it should be using JDK 1.5. >> >> >From a closer look at the output, I believe the problem might be in >> file /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java/jdbc-stdext.jar, which might be JDBC >> (from where I think java.sql.Wrapper comes) for Java 6. Where do you >> have this file installed from? >> > > Hello > > > [root at testserver build]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java/jdbc-stdext.jar > java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 > > >> I wonder why the build procedure is looking at that file... Do you >> have CLASSPATH exported when you run rpmbuild? If so, try unsetting it >> before running the command. >> > > I did not have the CLASSPATH environment variable set. > >> You may also try to move that file (and maybe the Xerces file) to >> another directory and then try to build the package again. >> > > That jdbc-stdext.jar file gave me a clue, I did a yum remove java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5, and now the package builds. > > As I'm using the Sun implementation now the openjdk one is obsolete, however, I wonder how Red Hat builds the RPMs. Did they use the Sun JDK as well? > > >> I also see you are building the RPM as root, that is not advisable (as >> a bogus or malicious spec file might damage your system), you should >> build RPMs as a regular user, if you want more details on how to do >> that look at this Wiki article: >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SetupRpmBuildEnvironment#head-556b8aa080c4fc427757f25b9c229f600827f09d >> > > I know, but this is only on a test machine, security is not really a high priority at the moment. > >> HTH, >> Filipe > > Thank you for your help. Up to the next challenge. > > > Best regards, > > Glenn Hello I managed to build tomcat6 and it's working! I have documented the process and if allowed I'll put it on the wiki. Thanks again for your help, Best regards, Glenn