From: markt <markt@13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:41:51 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update host doc now directories in appBase without WEB-INF are auto-deployed.
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Update host doc now directories in appBase without WEB-INF are auto-deployed.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk@518828 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
index 5edc0efb2..f274a36e4 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
         Fix previous update to servlet 2.5 xsd to use correct declaration.
         (markt)
       </fix>
+      <update>
+        Update host configuration document for new behaviour for directories
+        in appBase. (markt)
+      </update>
     </changelog>
   </subsection>
 </section>
diff --git a/webapps/docs/config/host.xml b/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
index 6846a576c..4bcd78cb3 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
@@ -284,10 +284,9 @@
         deployer, if enabled, will automatically expand the updated WAR file
         once the previously expanded directory is removed).</li>
     <li>Any subdirectory within the <em>application base directory</em>
-        that appears to be an unpacked web application (that is, it contains
-        a <code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code> file) will receive an automatically
-        generated <a href="context.html">Context</a> element, even if this
-        directory is not mentioned in the <code>conf/server.xml</code> file.
+        will receive an automatically generated <a href="context.html">
+        Context</a> element, even if this directory is not mentioned in the
+        <code>conf/server.xml</code> file.
         This generated Context entry will be configured according to the
         properties set in any <a href="defaultcontext.html">DefaultContext</a>
         element nested in this Host element.  The context path for this
@@ -298,8 +297,7 @@
 
     <p>In addition to the automatic deployment that occurs at startup time,
     you can also request that new XML configuration files, WAR files, or
-    subdirectories (containing web applications) that are dropped in to the
-    <code>appBase</code> (or 
+    subdirectories that are dropped in to the <code>appBase</code> (or 
     <code>$CATALINA_HOME/conf/[engine_name]/[host_name]</code> in the case of
     an XML configuration file) directory while Tomcat is running will be
     automatically deployed, according to the rules described above. The