Because current ebuild for netbeans unconditionally removes all documentation zips from docs folder, when netbeans wants to show some description it is sure to be existent - crash occurs with NullPointerException, as described in netbeans bugzilla, bug 178724. Because of this unconditional removal, I simply cannot see hints regarding code I currently write (which would be very helpful). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Write some code, for example some CSS 2.Wait for auto-hint Actual Results: Information about exception "NullPointerException at org.netbeans.modules.css.editor.CssHelpResolver.getHelpZIPURLasString" Expected Results: Hint regarding auto-hint code The removal of files is absolutely unconditional in ebuild. It should however be conditional - if I want to enable documentation, I usually want it, so I propose to introduce either another use-flag or based on doc use-flag do not remove the zips. However exposed bug is now fixed, as seen in reference link
Created attachment 213750 [details, diff] patch to introduce conditional removal I've created a small patch that removes documentation zips only if doc use flag is not set. Netbeans installed with this patch is working fawlesly when helping with code.
fixed in netbeans-6.8-r1. you do not have to specify "doc" use flag to have the bug fixed, ebuild now does not remove the docs at all. "doc" use flag is used in netbeans to generate netbeans apidocs. thx for reporting the bug.
