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Issue

A custom script exports the CLASSPATH environment variable and executes catalina.sh start to start the server, but the CLASSPATH additions are not honored.
CATALINA_BASE/lib is ignored on private tomcat6 instances.
in a RHEL6 default install of Tomcat6, libraries placed in CATALINA_BASE/lib are being ignored (not loaded). Only libs placed in CATALINA_HOME/lib are being loaded. This is not the expected behavior for Tomcat6.

Environment

JBoss Enterprise Web Server (EWS) 1.x, 2.x
- Tomcat 5.5
- Tomcat 6.0
- Tomcat 7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.x
- Tomcat 5.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x
- Tomcat 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x
- Tomcat 7.0

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