[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 39354] New: Broken relative path to java executable in IcedTea plugin

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39354

           Summary: Broken relative path to java executable in IcedTea
                    plugin
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: Java
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: metamorfeus at gmail.com


When navigating to a page with embedded Java, and you have the IcedTea plugin installed (which you would if you installed OpenJDK), the following error dialog appears (twice):

icedteanp plugin error: Failed to run /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/../../bin/java.  For more detail rerun "firefox -g" in a terminal window.

...while the following is output on standard error (twice):

/builddir/build/BUILD/icedtea6-1.8/plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc:1508: thread 0x8ec6a38: Error: Failed to spawn applet viewer: Failed to execute child process "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/../../bin/java" (No such file or directory)


It's fairly obvious that the plugin is appending the relative path "../../bin/java" to "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins" (where the plugin is installed).  This gives an incorrect absolute path of "/usr/lib/bin/java" (should be "/usr/bin/java")


Workaround:

create a soft link to "/usr/bin" in the "/usr/lib" directory:
(as root)
# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s /usr/bin .

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