tomcat7-instance-create instances not compatible with Eclipse

[David Edwards]

If you create a private instance of Tomcat 6 using the tomcat6-instance-create script, it can be used as a Tomcat 6 server in Eclipse by creating a new server runtime environment that has its installation directory set to be your private instance directory.

However, the same is not true for tomcat7-instance-create; Eclipse cannot find the files normally in lib/, bootstrap.jar, and catalina.policy.

There was a bug raised for Tomcat 6 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/+bug/297675) which was fixed by a patch that sets up the missing files in the private instance. It would be ideal if the same could be done for Tomcat 7.

See also:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/313103/cannot-start-tomcat-after-installing-a-private-instance

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Thiago Dourado de Andrade (7hi4g0)]

Testing here, Eclipse reconized the instance when I created a symbolic link to the lib/ path.
Maybe just adding the link to skel/ should solve it.

[Thiago Dourado de Andrade (7hi4g0)]

Just to note. The private instance is not compatible with Sysdeo Tomcat plugin also.

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

As far as I can tell, this probably needs to be filed as bug(s) in Debian, much like the tomcat6 change. Would you be willing to file them?