[MacPorts] #48302: tomcat8 @ 8.0.24 looking for review/feedback/help

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#48302: tomcat8 @ 8.0.24 looking for review/feedback/help
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  Reporter:  raupachz    |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  submission  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.3.3
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Comment (by kencu):

 Hi. I downloaded the files and installed this just now. I don't know a
 great deal about tomcat, though. It installed without any errors on 10.6,
 and then I did `sudo port load` to launch it. It seemed to be continually
 restarting though:
 {{{

 17-05-24 10:17:16 PM    org.macports.tomcat8[57243]     Tomcat started.
 17-05-24 10:17:16 PM    com.apple.launchd[1]    (org.macports.tomcat8)
 Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
 17-05-24 10:17:26 PM    org.macports.tomcat8[57254]     Tomcat started.
 17-05-24 10:17:26 PM    com.apple.launchd[1]    (org.macports.tomcat8)
 Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
 17-05-24 10:17:36 PM    org.macports.tomcat8[57265]     Tomcat started.
 17-05-24 10:17:36 PM    com.apple.launchd[1]    (org.macports.tomcat8)
 Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
 17-05-24 10:17:46 PM    org.macports.tomcat8[57276]     Tomcat started.
 17-05-24 10:17:47 PM    com.apple.launchd[1]    (org.macports.tomcat8)
 Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds}}}

 running the start script manually says it starts:
 {{{
 $ sudo /opt/local/share/java/tomcat8/bin/catalina.sh start
 Using CATALINA_BASE:   /opt/local/share/java/tomcat8
 Using CATALINA_HOME:   /opt/local/share/java/tomcat8
 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/local/share/java/tomcat8/temp
 Using JRE_HOME:
 /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
 Using CLASSPATH:
 /opt/local/share/java/tomcat8/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/local/share/java/tomcat8/bin
 /tomcat-juli.jar
 Using CATALINA_PID:    /opt/local/var/run/tomcat8.pid
 Existing PID file found during start.
 Removing/clearing stale PID file.
 Tomcat started.
 }}}

 but I can't connect to it with http://localhost:8080/, and the activity
 monitor shows no process named tomcat running.

 Sorry if it's just my ignorance about how to see it work. Otherwise
 everything went smoothly for the installation.

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