[cp-patches] [Fwd: Bug Report: rmic throws NullPointerException]

[Julio M. Merino Vidal]

Hi all,

I sent the attached bug report to the Kaffe mailing list and I was asked
to forward it here in order to get it fixed in the real mainstream
sources.  Hope it can be fixed.

Thanks!

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <address@hidden>
http://www.livejournal.com/users/jmmv/
The NetBSD Project - http://www.NetBSD.org/
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> Bug Report: rmic throws NullPointerException
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> Sun, 15 May 2005 16:14:00 +0000
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> Hi all,
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> I'm using Kaffe 1.1.5 on a Debian system running on a iBook.  First of
> all, congratulations to all developers for this great implementation
> (really, because Sun does not provide any binaries for Linux/powerpc).
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> However, I have a problem with rmic.  When I run it to parse some class
> of my own, it raises a NullPointerException with no further information.
> I've narrowed down the problem to rmic's Compiler.java, as it tries to
> use a nonexistent package name to find Compile_* classes.
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> The following patch solves it for me:
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> --- libraries/javalib/gnu/classpath/tools/rmi/rmic/Compiler.java.orig
> 2005-04-06 00:06:39.000000000 +0000
> +++ libraries/javalib/gnu/classpath/tools/rmi/rmic/Compiler.java
> @@ -72,5 +72,6 @@ public abstract class Compiler
>    protected String dest;
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>    /** Class prefix used when trying to find instance.  */
> -  private static final String classPrefix =
> "gnu.java.rmi.rmic.Compile_";
> +  private static final String classPrefix =
> +    "gnu.classpath.tools.rmi.rmic.Compile_";
>  }
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> It'd be great if it was fixed mainstream (assuming this is the correct
> patch).
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> Thanks!
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> -- 
> Julio M. Merino Vidal <address@hidden>
> http://www.livejournal.com/users/jmmv/
> The NetBSD Project - http://www.NetBSD.org/
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