Name: rmT116609 Date: 01/28/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.0-rc"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-rc-b91)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-rc-b91, mixed mode)

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
If java started in the command line with LC_ALL=uk_UA it just crashes with these messages:

[arysin@dict bin]$ ./java -version
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java.lang.NullPointerException

Everything is fine under other locales.
This was an issue with jdk-1.4 beta2 and beta3

The problem is reproducible with the following below versions with 1.4.0-rc.

1)Linux Redhat7.1(SeaWolf)
2)Rehat 6.2
3)Mandrake 8.1 kernel 2.4.17
4)RedHat 7.2, kernel 2.4.7-10

Everything is ok under uk_UA locale with jdk-1.3.1, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_02.

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
installed from j2sdk-1_4_0-rc-linux-i386.rpm

Tested on several different machines.

REGRESSION:Last worked in version 1.3.1_02.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. set locale to uk_UA with command 'export LC_ALL=uk_UA'
2. run 'java -version'


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
java should have returned the version info instead it crashes with exception

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java.lang.NullPointerException


This bug can be reproduced always.

Release Regression From : 1.3.1_02
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was knwon to work. Since then there has been a regression.

(Review ID: 138796)
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Name: rmT116609 Date: 04/09/2002


DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
unseting LC_ALL and setting the LANG environment variable to bg_BG causes java to come with:
 
test@krustev:/usr/local/jdk1.4.0_sun/bin# ./java
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java.lang.NullPointerException
test@krustev:/usr/local/jdk1.4.0_sun/bin#

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 1.3.1


(Review ID: 145161)
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