Bug#376336: kaffe: Unable to run any programs

[Daniel Schepler]

Package: kaffe
Version: 2:1.1.7-3
Severity: grave

On my i386 system:

frobnitz:/tmp# cat Test.java
public class Test {
public static void main (String args[]) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
frobnitz:/tmp# /usr/lib/kaffe/bin/javac Test.java
Internal error: caught an unexpected exception.
Please check your CLASSPATH and your installation.
java/lang/NullPointerException
   at gnu.classpath.SystemProperties.getProperty (SystemProperties.java:123)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.<clinit> (VMClassLoader.java:84)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader$StaticData.<clinit> (ClassLoader.java:155)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader (ClassLoader.java:797)
   at gnu.classpath.VMSystemProperties.postInit (VMSystemProperties.java:native)
   at gnu.classpath.SystemProperties.<clinit> (SystemProperties.java:114)
   at java.lang.Runtime.<init> (Runtime.java:100)
   at java.lang.Runtime.<clinit> (Runtime.java:88)
   at java.lang.System.loadLibrary (System.java:560)
   at gnu.java.nio.channels.FileChannelImpl.<clinit> (FileChannelImpl.java:86)
   at java.io.FileDescriptor.<clinit> (FileDescriptor.java:64)
   at java.lang.VMSystem.makeStandardInputStream (VMSystem.java:191)
   at java.lang.System.<clinit> (System.java:74)
   at java.lang.Object.hashCode (Object.java:174)
   at java.util.Hashtable.hash (Hashtable.java:816)
   at java.util.Hashtable.put (Hashtable.java:426)
   at java.security.Permissions.add (Permissions.java:112)
Aborted
frobnitz:/tmp# gcj -C Test.java
frobnitz:/tmp# kaffe Test
Internal error: caught an unexpected exception.
Please check your CLASSPATH and your installation.
java/lang/NullPointerException
   at gnu.classpath.SystemProperties.getProperty (SystemProperties.java:123)
[and so on as before]
frobnitz:/tmp# gij Test
frobnitz:/tmp#
-- 
Daniel Schepler