IV24998: RT.JAR'S MANIFEST.MF FILE MISSING DETAILS FOR 626 JDK AFTER APPLYING APAR IV27579

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: NumberFormatException is thrown while launching
  the JVM.
  .
  Stack Trace: WARNING: Failure handling compatibility statement
  Throwable occurred: java.lang.NumberFormatException: Empty
  version string
  at java.lang.Package.isCompatibleWith(Package.java:221)
  at
  net.jxta.impl.peergroup.StdPeerGroup.isCompatible(StdPeerGroup.j
  ava:414)
  at
  Wnet.jxta.impl.peergroup.GenericPeerGroup$1.compatible(GenericPe
  erGroup.java:131)
  .
  N/A
  

Local fix

• Manually adding the Specification-Version (i.e.
  Specification-Version: 1.6.0) detail in the MANIFEST.MF file of
  rt.jar.
  

Problem summary

• The build script which generate the manifest file of rt.jar did
  not include the Specification and Implementation details.
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  6.0.1 SR3
  6.0.0 SR11
  .
  The build script which generate the manifest file of rt.jar is
  modified to include the Specification and Implementation
  details.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA CLASS LIBS

• Fixed component ID

  620700130

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

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