I just got bit by this one. Ubuntu 16, Tomcat 8.
I followed the instructions bjoerne listed, namely
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nacc/tomcat8v2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tomcat8=8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3~ppa2
sudo apt-get install tomcat8-common=8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3~ppa2
sudo apt-get install libtomcat8-java=8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3~ppa2
sudo service tomcat8 restart
and ignored the errors about downgrading my tomcat installation.
I did not change my JAVA_OPTS line.
After one restart, it’s working correctly for me.
Does anyone know if this will this cause a problem with future tomcat8 updates?
Thanks for posting your solution.