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Message #04135
[Bug 586641] Re: java (Sun and OpenJDK) environments contain bogus XFILESEARCHPATH
This bug was fixed in the package openjdk-6 - 6b20~pre1-1ubuntu1
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openjdk-6 (6b20~pre1-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low
* Include docs in the -doc package. LP: #600834.
* Update from the IcedTea6 trunk.
- Plugin and netx fixes.
- Don't link the plugin against the libxul libraries. Closes: #576361.
- More plugin cpu usage fixes. Closes: #584335, #587049.
- Plugin: fixes AppletContext.getApplets().
* Fix Vcs-Bzr location. Closes: #530883.
* Search for unversioned llvm-config tool.
* Don't set XFILESEARCHPATH and NLSPATH on startup. LP: #586641.
* Fix chinese font metrics and prefer using 'WenQuanYi Micro Hei' font.
LP: #472845.
* Strip libjvm.so with --strip-debug instead of --strip-unneeded.
LP: #574997.
-- Matthias Klose <doko@xxxxxxxxxx> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:40:10 +0200
** Changed in: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu Maverick)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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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: Fix Released
Status in “sun-java6” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
Status in “openjdk-6” source package in Lucid: Fix Committed
Status in “sun-java6” source package in Lucid: New
Status in “openjdk-6” source package in Maverick: Fix Released
Status in “sun-java6” source package in Maverick: Won't Fix
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.