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[Prodromos Gerakios <>]

Michael Bischoff wrote:
> > Prodromos Gerakios wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > > A long time ago we decided that WA should automatically check and
> > > modify eXist's default port. In particular it requires *read/write 
> > > permissions* to the
> > > following file:
> > >
> > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/exist/WEB-INF/client.properties
> > >
> > >
> > > Mario and Fausto recently discovered a WA bug in XML-LS and RRDMA
> > > services. This is not a WA bug but a deployment issue. In particular, the 
> > > deployment should
> > > ensure that WA was read/write permission to the client.properties file. I 
> > > hope this helps.
> > >
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Prodromos.
> > >
> > >
> > >       
> > There is also one additional deployment bug and this certainly holds for
> > RRDMA and possibly for XML-LS: The service expects (*initially*) exists
> > to be running on 8180 when the default port of eXist (after deployment) is 
> > 8080. WA
> > automatically changes the eXist port (please read above) *but* the first time 
> > when eXist is
> > loaded on the wrong port so the user needs to restart Tomcat (to reload eXist 
> > on the correct
> > port) otherwise several exceptions may crop up.
> >
> > Nicolas: Of course, I will contact Gina for the documentation.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Prodromos
> >
> >
> >     
>
>   
> > Nicolas: Of course, I will contact Gina for the documentation.
> >     
>
> Given packaging can't you patch the code/configuration for the specific 
> distribution? The
> configuration should be tuned to accommodate the distribution method.
>   
Hi Michael,

Thanks for your message. The service.properties files are 
service-specific and not WA-specific. Otherwise, this issue would 
already have been resolved. I think it is obvious that it makes little 
sense for me to interfere with other developers' work.

Kind regards,
Prodromos.