[nhc-bugs] Build bug

Malcolm Wallace Malcolm.Wallace@cs.york.ac.uk
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:22:40 +0000


Simon Marlow wrote:

> > > javac nhctracer/*.java
> > > nhctracer/TabbedPanel.java:13: Can''t access constructor
> > >     "java.awt.Color"  S 15.11.2.1
> > > nhctracer/TabbedPanel.java:15: The local variable "lo" may have not been
> > >     initialized before use  S 14.3
> > > nhctracer/TabbedPanel.java:16: The local variable "lo" may have not been
> > >     initialized before use  S 14.3
> >
> > What version of Java do you have installed?  I don't see these errors with
> > any of Sun's JDK-1.1.7, IBM's JDK-1.1.8, or Sun's JDK-1.3.1 on Linux.
> 
> This machine has Kaffe 1.0.5 installed; I have no idea whether that came
> as standard with RH 6.2 or not:

Ok, I've tried Kaffe 1.0.5, which reproduces the problem you saw.
Kaffe 1.0.6 seems to fix the bug, so I suggest you upgrade.

Regards,
    Malcolm