Bug#388265: jabref: Jabref does not work if some gcj package is installed

[Gudjon I. Gudjonsson]

Package: jabref
Version: 2.1-3
Severity: important

I tried to launch jabref but it failed with the following error messages:
$ jabref
Importing in unknown format:
Error opening file ''
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Hashtable.put(libgcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicToolBarUI.setBorderToNonRollover(libgcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicToolBarUI$ToolBarContListener.componentAdded(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Container.addImpl(libgcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.JToolBar.addImpl(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Container.add(libgcj.so.70)
at net.sf.jabref.SidePaneComponent.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.imports.MedlineFetcher.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRefFrame.init(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRefFrame.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.openWindow(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.main(Unknown Source)

Then I removed a bunch of gcj files from my system and now it works charmingly.

/Gudjon

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-amd64
Locale: LANG=is_IS.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages jabref depends on:
ii sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-08-1 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (

jabref recommends no packages.

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