Name: gm110360 Date: 01/31/2003


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.3.1_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1_01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1_01, mixed mode)



FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

ADDITIONAL OPERATING SYSTEMS : Windows NT 4.0, Linux



A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Having a drive letter specified for one of the jar files
listed in the Class-Path section of our executable jar
file's manifest consistently produces errors. The problem
exists at least on JDK versions 1.3.1, 1.4.0, and 1.4.1
beta, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Linux.

Our manifest looks like this:

Main-Class: org.tigr.seq.cloe.display.CloeSplashScreen
Class-Path: collections.jar jconn2.jar jhall.jar
jlfgr-1_0.jar junit.jar jakarta-oro-2.0.5.jar jai_codec.jar
jdom.jar xerces.jar jai_core.jar java-getopt-1.0.9.jar
D:\devtools\jython\jython.jar


Trying to run this executable jar file immediately produces
this error:


Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/tigr/seq/cloe/display/CloeSplashScreen

Editing the final Class-Path entry to remove the explicit
reference to the drive letter (the 'D:') relieves the
problem, but this is not a satisfactory solution since we
now depend on the D: drive being current for our executable
jar file to run.


This is not really a Windows problem per se; trying to run
this jarfile on Linux gives exactly the same error about our
application main class not being found, and not about the
Jython libraries not being found.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Build executable jar file with Class-Path entry
containing a colon
2. Try to run it
3. See the NoClassDefFoundError

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Drive letters should be tolerated in Class-Path entries

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/tigr/seq/cloe/display/CloeSplashScreen

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
Don't specify drive letters in Class-Path entries
(Review ID: 160539)
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