Solaris ClassNotFoundException

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After unpacking the WAR on Solaris, JIRA fails to start with a ClassNotFoundException once deployed. How is this fixed?

On Solaris, the default tar utility should be avoided as it cannot handle long filenames. GNU tar should be used instead in order to handle long filenames found within the JIRA distribution, it can usually be found at:

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Stacktrace

ERROR [ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/]] Error configuring application listener of class com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.ConsistencyLauncher

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.ConsistencyLauncher
            at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1332)
            at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1181)
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3617)
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4104)
            at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1012)
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
            at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1012)
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:683)
            at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:537)
            at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
            at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
            at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
            at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:271)
            at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:409)

ERROR [ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/]] Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s)
Last modified on Jun 10, 2015

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