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Bug 164566 - Changing the target runtime after server upgrade causes deployment issues
Summary: Changing the target runtime after server upgrade causes deployment issues
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: contrib
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Portalpack (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Satyaranjan D
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-05-06 09:32 UTC by kk_sriram
Modified: 2009-05-06 09:32 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description kk_sriram 2009-05-06 09:32:45 UTC 
Install LR5.1.x and add the server in the services tab.
Deploy a simple portlet app
Upgrade the server to LR5.2.x ,remove the olf 5.1.x entry and add server for 5.2.x
Try deploying the same portlet again 

Issue:deployment fails with below message through clean and build works fine.
init:
deps-module-jar:
deps-ear-jar:
deps-jar:
library-inclusion-in-archive:
library-inclusion-in-manifest:
compile:
compile-jsps:
Deployment error:
null
See the server log for details.
        at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.devmodules.api.Deployment.deploy(Deployment.java:198)
        at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.ant.Deploy.execute(Deploy.java:103)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor104.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.module.bridge.impl.BridgeImpl.run(BridgeImpl.java:273)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.module.run.TargetExecutor.run(TargetExecutor.java:499)
        at org.netbeans.core.execution.RunClassThread.run(RunClassThread.java:151)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.plugins.spi.IncrementalDeployment.getDirectoryForNewApplication(IncrementalDeployment.java:141)
        at
org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.impl.InitialServerFileDistributor.distribute(InitialServerFileDistributor.java:101)
        at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.impl.TargetServer.initialDistribute(TargetServer.java:247)
        at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.impl.TargetServer.deploy(TargetServer.java:599)
        at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.devmodules.api.Deployment.deploy(Deployment.java:163)
        ... 16 more
BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)