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Bug 29078

Summary:	Cannot update some nbm's from Alpha Update Center
Product:	www	Reporter:	akemr <akemr>
Component:	Builds & Repositories	Assignee:	rnovak <rnovak>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	CC:	rnovak
Priority:	P1
Version:	-S1S-
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows ME/2000
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description akemr 2002-11-28 08:40:00 UTC

info.xml files of some nbm's (e.g. metrics.nbm,
mdr ..) on
http://www.netbeans.org/updates/alpha/332_1.5_.xml
for NB 3.3.2 (or S1S 4.1) includes following header:

<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD
Autoupdate Module Info 1.0//EN"
"http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/autoupdate-info-1_0.dtd">

which cause exception:
java.net.UnknownHostException: www.netbeans.org
        at
org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.fatal(Parser2.java:3182)

and then updater unexpectedly freezes!

autoupdate-info-1_0.dtd was added into updater.jar
in NetBeans 3.4,
so you should omit this header from nbm's for NB < 3.4

If you use simple form (without <!DOCTYPE.. ) like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module codenamebase="..

then updater will work without problems.

See also "Problem autoupdating from netbeans
update center" thread on nbusers.

Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2002-11-28 13:12:58 UTC

To clarify: for NB 3.4+ no change needs to be made, nor should be
made; only for NB 3.3 and before.

Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2003-02-28 17:02:52 UTC

What is the status here? This was filed as a P1 three months ago,
without so much as a response! Please evaluate, give estimate for
completion, etc.

Comment 3 rnovak 2003-02-28 20:14:55 UTC

I appologize for late respond.
I'll fix it as soon as possible.

Comment 4 rnovak 2003-03-04 13:46:01 UTC

<!DOCTYPE.. tag was removed from NBMs of modules published for
Netbeans 3.3.2.
It seems, that update of all NBMs from Alpha Update Center for NB
3.3.2 works fine.