gcj/228: Cannot read compressed jar files at runtime

Fri May 19 05:20:00 GMT 2000

>Number:         228
>Category:       gcj
>Synopsis:       Cannot read compressed jar files at runtime
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    apbianco
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 19 05:20:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gregory Warnes <warnes@biostat.washington.edu>
>Release:        CVS from 2000-05-18
>Organization:
>Environment:
Linux 2.2.15, Debian Potato, GCC 2.95.2 with Bryce's patches
>Description:
Reading property information from compressed jar files fails at runtime.


gnu getopt for java loads properties at run time.  When the properties are contained in a compressed jar file, the program aborts with "java.util.MissingResourceException: can't load bundle"
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