Gradle builds automatically exclude too many dependencies #1103
Description
I am using spring-boot 1.1.1.RELEASE
My dependencies are declared in gradle like this:
dependencies {
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:$versions.springBoot")
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jetty:$versions.springBoot")
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:$versions.springBoot")
}
The application starts fine, as expected and Jetty is used to serve web requests.
However, when I try to exclude tomcat dependencies
configurations {
compile.exclude module: "spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
}
then the application context will be initialized and then shut down instantly. Serving web content is not enabled at all without tomcat dependencies.