manual tomcat install versus apt

[Thufir]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:59:32 -0500, John DeCarlo wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>  why don't the apt-get commands at:
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/tomcat.html
>>
>> script the install process which the howtogeek site lays out?  Is there
>> a security concern which the help.ubuntu.com directions are trying to
>> address?
>>
>>
> 
> I ran into this issue years ago.  I could never get a useful answer and
> gave up.  Besides, you get access to a newer version if you install by
> hand.


More than a little frustrating, but thanks for the response.  If I set 
the headers correctly, followups set to gman.linux.ubuntu.devel, out of 
curiosity.


-Thufir