added a comment - Here is the file you sent to the list:
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2003-10-02 23:43:48 HostConfig
[localhost]: Expanding web application archive xlsdb-cactus.war
2003-10-02 23:43:49 StandardHost
[localhost]: Installing web application at context path /xlsdb-cactus from URL
file:/tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploying class repositories to work directory /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/work/Standalone/localhost/xlsdb-cactus
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy class files /WEB-INF/classes to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/classes
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/aspectjrt-1.0.6.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/aspectjrt-1.0.6.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/cactus-13-1.6dev-20030809.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/cactus-13-1.6dev-20030809.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/commons-httpclient-2.0-rc1.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/commons-httpclient-2.0-rc1.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging-1.0.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging-1.0.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/csvjdbc-0.9.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/csvjdbc-0.9.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/httpunit-1.5.3.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/httpunit-1.5.3.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/junit-3.8.1.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/junit-3.8.1.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/poi-1.8.0-dev-20020919.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/poi-1.8.0-dev-20020919.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/velocity-1.3.1.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/velocity-1.3.1.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:50 WebappLoader
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Deploy JAR /WEB-INF/lib/velocity-dep-1.3.1.jar to /tmp/cactus/tomcat4x/webapps/xlsdb-cactus/WEB-INF/lib/velocity-dep-1.3.1.jar
2003-10-02 23:43:51 ContextConfig
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Configured an authenticator for method BASIC
2003-10-02 23:43:51 StandardManager
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Seeding random number generator class java.security.SecureRandom
2003-10-02 23:43:51 StandardManager
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Seeding of random number generator has been completed
2003-10-02 23:43:52 StandardContext
[/xlsdb-cactus]: Exception starting filter filterredirector
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
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As you can see commons-logging 1.0 is included. This is what I find strange and I don't understand how it is possible as the Cactus plugin for Maven includes version 1.0.3...
Any idea?
I have been testing the cactus plugging with several different versions of Tomcat and I've never had a problem. However, I've noticed in your previous message on the maven user mailing list that somehow version 1.0 of commons-logging gets int your xlsdb-cactus war. However, the cactus plugin references version 1.0.3 of commons-logging. What version of the Cactus plugin are you using?