I agree. It is not well tested.
For this particular error, please add appserv-admin.jar as well in the system-classpath.
Also, I don't know why appserv-rt.jar is not available in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
of appserv-launch.jar. Frankly, it should have been. You might have to put javaee.jar as well.
Kedar
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