Bug#284833: superfluous directory in catalina_home?

[Arnaud Vandyck]

Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:00:56 +1100 (EST), 
Vincent.McIntyre@csiro.au wrote: 

>> dpkg -L lists files installed by the tomcat4 package. I would doubt
>> there would be files installed by the package into a directory which is
>> created after installation.
>
> I understand that. I'm curious as to why tomcat needs the work/_temp
> directory, what does it use it for. The only avenue I had to start
> answering the question was the files in the tomcat4 package; but it
> appears that none of them reference it, not even the documentation.
> I also can't see any files appear in there while tomcat is running.
>
> So I wondered if it is still required to be created anymore.
> Obviously, this is more a question of tidyness than anything else.

I don't have this file. Which release of tomcat are you talkin'
about. Also, what is in that directory? I know tomcat caches the jsp ->
java -> class transformation, compilation.

I'm not sure but I don't think it's a bug.

# grep _temp /etc/init.d/tomcat4

Gave me nothing!

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