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Manuel Iglesias commented on NETBEANS-3158: ------------------------------------------- I think I have found a solution. As I wasn't getting any help here and the bug made 'netbeans' unusable, I started using the following hack: * After a clean install (including 'nbjavac' & 'javafx' plugins) I copied directory '.netbeans/*/config/Modules' to a safe place. * I wrote a shell-wrapper to do the following: Delete directory '.netbeans/*/config/Modules', recreate it from the safe copy and then invoke 'netbeans'. The hack worked all all right but whenever a new version of 'netbeans' was available I, temporarily, removed the shell-wrapper and invoked 'netbeans' directly to see if the bug was still there: 'netbeans 11.3' was even worse than 11.2 and yesterday I found that the bug was in 'netbeans 12.0' too. By pure chance, while browsing $HOME, I found that, somehow, 'netbeans' also writes Modules information in directory '$HOME/.java/.userPrefs/org/netbeans/modules'. After deleting it the bug disappeared. I think that the bug is triggered by conflicting Modules information in: '$HOME/.java/.userPrefs/org/netbeans/modules' & several (I run 'netbeans' with --userdir & --cachedir options) '.netbeans/*/config/Modules'. In my humble opinion 'netbeans' should only write configuration data to '.netbeans'. > netbeans 11.1 requests re-installation of nbjavac plugin and fails. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: NETBEANS-3158 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-3158 > Project: NetBeans > Issue Type: Bug > Components: platform - Plugin Manager > Affects Versions: 11.1 > Environment: Linux Cinnamon Mint 19.2 > Reporter: Manuel Iglesias > Priority: Major > Attachments: 00000021.log, 00000022.log, 00000023.log, 00000024.log, > 00000040.log, 00000041.log, 00000042.log, Screenshot from 2019-10-31 > 11-23-33.png, Screenshot from 2019-10-31 11-24-34.png, Screenshot from > 2019-10-31 11-25-31.png, Screenshot from 2019-10-31 11-52-50.png, Screenshot > from 2019-10-31 11-52-50.png, Screenshot from 2019-10-31 19-25-54.png, > Screenshot from 2019-11-10 16-45-28.png, Screenshot from 2019-11-10 > 16-46-18.png, Screenshot from 2019-11-10 16-47-48.png, Screenshot from > 2019-11-10 16-48-54.png, Screenshot from 2019-11-10 16-51-33.png, Screenshot > from 2019-11-10 16-52-33.png, Screenshot1.png, Screenshot2.png, messages.log, > messages.log, netbeans.conf > > > Installed plugins data seems to get corrupted with normal use. 'netbeans' > then requests re-installation of 'nbjavac' plugin which fails. > Problem can be reproduced in this way: > # Run 'netbeans' without --userdir & --cachedir options # Default values > '$HOME/.netbeans/11.1' & '$HOME/.cache/netbeans/11.1'. First run. > Open new project so that installation of 'nbjavac' & 'javafx' plugins is > triggered. > Install plugins and exit. > # Run 'netbeans' with --userdir $HOME/Test/.netbeans/11.1 --cachedir > $HOME/Test/.cache/netbeans/11.1 options. # First run. > Open new project so that installation of 'nbjavac' & 'javafx' plugins is > triggered. > Install plugins and exit. > Run sequentially: > * netbeans > * netbeans --userdir $HOME/Test/.netbeans/11.1 --cachedir > $HOME/Test/.cache/netbeans/11.1 > After a few times: > * Directory $HOME/.netbeans/11.1/config/Modules is empty. > * 'netbeans' requests re-installation of 'nbjavac' (which fails). > * Tools/Plugins/Installed shows that there are no active plugins. > EDIT: It seems that it may not be necessary to run, sequentially, 'netbeans' > & 'netbeans --userdir ... --cachedir ...' > to reproduce the bug. I started netbeans (running 'netbeans') and before its > window appeared (it takes a few seconds) > I tried to close an editor (another application). Just when I mouse-clicked > the netbeans' window appeared and I closed > netbeans instead of the editor. Next time I started 'netbeans' the bug > appeared (plugins data corrupted, etc). -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists