Bug#890905: jabref: does not launch

[gregor herrmann]

Control: retitle -1 jabref: fails to start with openjdk-9-jre

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:46:14 -0300, Mauricio Calvao wrote:

Thanks for providing this information!

> $ DEBUG_WRAPPER=1 jabref --debug            (does not launch):
> [debug] /usr/bin/jabref: Picking up the JVM designated by the alternatives system:
> [debug] /usr/bin/jabref:   JAVA_HOME = '/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-amd64'
> [debug] /usr/bin/jabref: Found JAVA_HOME = '/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-amd64'
> [debug] /usr/bin/jabref: Found JAVA_CMD = '/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-amd64/bin/java'
> [debug] /usr/bin/jabref: Environment variable CLASSPATH is ''

Ok, as expected java-9-openjdk-amd64 is used by default on your
system.

> $ DEBUG_WRAPPER=1 JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/ jabref --debug      (does launch!!!)

That matches what happens on my laptop.

So as a workaround, you can use
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/ jabref
for now.

> $ DEBUG_WRAPPER=1 JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-amd64/ jabref --debug        (does not launch)

And here we have the problem.
 

Good. Now we at least know that the current jabref doesn't run with
openjdk9. Let's see if we earlier find the deeper problem or get a
newer jabref into debian :)


Cheers,
gregor

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