Name: boT120536 Date: 02/15/2001


C:\cvs\total\1.2\java\export\classes>java -version
java version "1.3.1-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-beta-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1beta-b15, mixed mode)

The lib/ext directory is not being created during the first web install.

  To reproduce, point your browser at http://botz.netbotz.com and select "Use
Advanced View". Make sure that you do not have any other plugins installed and
you do not have a ext directory in javasoft/jre/1.3/lib. This worked under
1.3, stopped working in 1.3.0_01 and is still not working in 1.3.1-beta.

Our seed applet is signed, but by the time our applet has control and could go
create the directory ourselves, the installation of the extension jar has
already failed.

We are facing an elevated number of support calls because of this bug and feel
that forcing a user to go create this directory before they can install an
automated plugin is unacceptable.
(Review ID: 117056)
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