[icedtea-web] fails to build with an older netx.jar on the path

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 12:25 Wed 24 Nov     , Omair Majid wrote:
> On 11/24/2010 08:16 AM, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > I had an older ./usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/netx.jar
> > installed on the system, then the build fails with:
> >
> > /scratch/packages/openjdk/web/icedtea-web-1.0~20101124/build/../plugin/icedteanp/java/sun/applet/PluginMain.java:126:
> > cannot find symbol
> > symbol : method setRedirectStreams(boolean)
> > location: class net.sourceforge.jnlp.runtime.JNLPRuntime
> > JNLPRuntime.setRedirectStreams(redirectStreams);
> > ^
> > /scratch/packages/openjdk/web/icedtea-web-1.0~20101124/build/../plugin/icedteanp/java/sun/applet/PluginMain.java:203:
> > cannot find symbol
> > symbol : method getConfiguration()
> > location: class net.sourceforge.jnlp.runtime.JNLPRuntime
> > boolean installAuthenticator =
> > Boolean.valueOf(JNLPRuntime.getConfiguration()
> > ^
> >
> > looks like the -bootclasspath needs to be set to find the current netx.
> >
> 
> The netx build sets the bootclasspath correctly, the attached patch does 
> it for the plugin. Does this fix the issue?
> 
> Thanks,
> Omair

> diff -r 476a91d02140 Makefile.am
> --- a/Makefile.am	Wed Nov 24 10:55:50 2010 -0500
> +++ b/Makefile.am	Wed Nov 24 12:20:07 2010 -0500
> @@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
>  	  $(BOOT_DIR)/bin/javac $(IT_JAVACFLAGS) \
>  	      -d $(abs_top_builddir)/liveconnect \
>  	      -classpath $(NETX_DIR):$(RUNTIME) \
> +	      -bootclasspath $(RUNTIME) \
>  	      -sourcepath $(LIVECONNECT_SRCS) \
>  	      @liveconnect-source-files.txt ; \
>  	fi

I guess it will, but I'm not sure how far we can support such scenarios.  There's
obviously no way around the fact that NetX and the plugin are in rt.jar for 1.7 & 1.8.

The recommended solution is to rebuild with the old plugin and webstart disabled.
-- 
Andrew :)

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