(process) Process.waitFor does not wait or kills process

As part of Java Web Start, we can download and install JREs
automatically. This means executing the shell scripts that
install the Solaris version of the JRE.

The code for doing this runs perfectly fine on JRE 1.2.2, and
the JRE 1.3.0 reference implementation - but FAILS on the
latest JRE 1.3.0 production built.
(taken from /usr/local/java/jdk1.3/solaris/bin).

The install scripts gets executed allright. The inputstreams
and outputsteams of the process gets redirected. We wait
for the [yes or no] string in the licensing aggreeement, and
then pipe out 'yes'. After that the input and output streams
gets closed to get the process to continue, and we call 'waitFor'.

On JRE 1.2.2 and 1.3.0-Reference this works perfectly.

On JRE 1.3.0 Product - The executing process dies at
or right before the waitFor call.

This is either a bug or a change in semantics from the 1.3.0/1.2.2
reference releases. It is mostly likely related to the redirection
logic

The JRE installation is a critical component for Java Web Start.

The code for doing the execution is shown below:

    public static boolean execute(String execString) {
        Config.trace("Executing: " + execString);
        
        Process p;
        try {
            p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(execString);
        }
        catch (IOException ioe) {
            return false;
        }
        
        InputStream processIS = p.getInputStream();
        OutputStream processOS = p.getOutputStream();
        int counter = 0;
        String waitString;
        boolean failed = false;
        try {
            while ((waitString = Config.getWaitString(counter)) != null) {
                String responseString = Config.getResponseString(counter);
                Config.trace("Waiting for: " + waitString +
                                 " response: " + responseString);
                if (waitFor(waitString, processIS)) {
                    if (responseString != null) {
                        processOS.write(responseString.getBytes());
                    }
                }
                counter++;
            }
            
            // cleanup
            try {
                processOS.close();
            }
            catch (IOException ioe) {}
            
            // Wait for the process to finish
            Config.trace("Wating for process to finish");
            try {
                p.waitFor();
            } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
                Config.trace("Got interrupt exception: " + ie);
                return false;
            }
            Config.trace("Process ended");
            
            try {
                processIS.close();
            }
            catch (IOException ioe) {}
            
            return true;
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            Config.trace("Got IO exception: " + ioe);
            return false;
          }
    }
  
To reproduce:

 - Needs latest Java Web Start release from engineering (me).
   (or wait for next promotion on 9/11)

 - Install Java Web Start

 - Configure Java Web Start to only have JRE 1.3.0 production installed

 - Click on the Formula 1 link on http://ignoramus/jump/index2.html

Once this is done. The installer can be invoked from the command line
using a script like this:

 #!/bin/ksh
 set -x
 app=/home/renes/.javaws/cache/V1.2.2/http/Dignoramus.eng/P80/DMjnlp/DMservlet/EMExtensionInstallerServer
 java -DtrustProxy=true -Djava.security.policy=javaws.policy -Djnlpx.remove=false -Djnlpx.home=/home/renes/local/ws/jaws/build/solaris/bin -Djnlpx.jvm=/usr/local/java/jdk1.3/solaris/bin/java -classpath javaws.jar:jaxp.jar com.sun.javaws.Main $app

It is probably easiest to get me to help with this setup.


As part of Java Web Start, we do automatic installation of
JREs. This means downloading and executing the JRE installation
shell

(This was running on a Ulta 10 on Solaris 2.8)