Bug 161266 – dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.0.1-r3 crashes on startup

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description mike 2007-01-10 03:35:20 UTC]

Eclipse dies immediately upon launching it with a FrameworkEvent.ERROR

!SESSION Jan 09, 2007 22:16:18.376 ---------------------------------------------eclipse.buildId=200409161125
java.version=1.5.0_08
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86, WS=gtk, NL=en_US

!ENTRY initial@reference:file:/usr/lib/eclipse-3/plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime_3.0.1/ 0 0 Jan 09, 2007 22:16:18.378
!MESSAGE FrameworkEvent.ERROR
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: The activator org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator for bundle org.eclipse.core.runtime is invalid
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadBundleActivator(AbstractBundle.java:158)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:933)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:421)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume(AbstractBundle.java:366)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.resumeBundle(Framework.java:999)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:577)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:488)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:273)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.dispatchEvent(StartLevelManager.java:444)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:186)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventThread.run(EventThread.java:104)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Invalid pc in LineNumberTable in class file org/eclipse/core/internal/preferences/PreferenceForwarder
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)....

full log attached

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.launch eclipse
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[Comment 1 mike 2007-01-10 03:36:45 UTC]

Created attachment 106302 [details]
error log

[Comment 2 mike 2007-01-18 18:04:20 UTC]

Well I unmerged and tried out the latest masked package of eclipse-sdk: 3.2.1-r1

It seems to be working fine.

If no one feels like trying to get to the bottom of the 3.0.1-r3 problem, just close this bug report.

Thanks.

[Comment 3 Petteri Räty (RETIRED) 2007-04-07 20:56:06 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Well I unmerged and tried out the latest masked package of eclipse-sdk:
> 3.2.1-r1
> 
> It seems to be working fine.
> 

Good. That version is nowadays marked stable. Thanks for the report.