I noticed a context initialization failure in my log file when starting RC1 with -clean.

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[2009-12-24 15:03:34.671] start-signalling-1 org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet Context initialization failed org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationExce ption: Error creating bean with name 'controller' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/hostedrepo-servlet.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.springsource.server.repository.hosted.web.Rep ositoryManagerFactoryBean#efccb1' of type [com.springsource.server.repository.hosted.web.Repo sitoryManagerFactoryBean] while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationExce ption: Error creating bean with name 'com.springsource.server.repository.hosted.web.Rep ositoryManagerFactoryBean#efccb1': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: RepositoryManager must be available in the service registry
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefi nitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitio nValueResolver.java:281)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefi nitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDe finitionValueResolver.java:120)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Construc torResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(Constructo rResolver.java:600)

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Subsequently, when the server tried to start my web bundle, it threw:

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[2009-12-24 15:05:02.734] start-signalling-3 org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader Context initialization failed org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextExce ption: Failed to load custom context class [com.springsource.server.web.dm.ServerOsgiBundleXml WebApplicationContext]; nested exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.springsource.server.web.dm.ServerOsgiBundleXml WebApplicationContext
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.dete rmineContextClass(ContextLoader.java:280)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.crea teWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:233)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.init WebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:192)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListe ner.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java: 47)

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I tried another route - installing the bundles one by one instead of a par. All the bundles were installed and started successfully. The web bundle was recognized as such, but its associated context wasn't installed at all. Seems to me some steps were missing from the manual process.