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[Adam Guthrie <asguthrie@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Package changed: ubuntu => openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)

** Also affects: sun-java6 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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java (Sun and OpenJDK) environments contain bogus XFILESEARCHPATH
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586641
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Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “sun-java6” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Java applications will receive the bogus environment setting
XFILESEARCHPATH=/usr/dt/app-defaults/%L/Dt
NLSPATH=/usr/dt/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat

These override the sane default paths that are otherwise used

Ubuntu Jaunty
openjdk-6-jre 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu13
sun-java6-jre 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.9.04

Ubuntu Lucid
openjdk-6-jre 6b17~pre3-1ubuntu2
openjdk-6-jre 6b18-1.8-0ubuntu1



apt-file search shows no existence of /usr/dt; the app-defaults directory should be something like /etc/X11/app-defaults/%N, with no %L (locale) parameter.
Simply appending ":%D" to the current value of XFILESEARCHPATH would invoke the intended behaviour, just in case that directory ever existed and was needed.


The quickest way to detect the effects of a mis-set XFILESEARCHPATH:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("xterm");
Note that the ctrl-click menu includes the heading "(no app-defaults)" and the "backarrow" option is checked, causing the backspace to generate the wrong code (might not be noticed immediately since the readline library used by bash is forgiving, but a program that relies on the terminal driver (e.g. cat) or a terminfo-based program will malfunction)

I don't know enough about NLSPATH to determine whether it breaks anything, but I expect it does.