The java.ext.dirs trick doesn't seem to work anymore with OpenJDK 7u51 in unstable. When running sqlline with debugging enabled we get:
[debug] /usr/bin/sqlline: Runnning /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/java -Djava.ext.dirs=/usr/share/java/:/usr/local/share/java/ -classpath /usr/share/java/jline.jar:/usr/share/java/sqlline.jar sqlline.SqlLine Error: Could not find or load main class sqlline.SqlLine I tried replacing the java.ext.dirs property with a classpath with a wildcard, but it didn't work. With the classpath set to /usr/share/java/* java fails to find the sqlline.SqlLine class. And with a classpath set to /usr/share/java/sqlline.jar:/usr/share/java/* it throws an IOException because it opens too many files: $ java -classpath '/usr/share/java/sqlline.jar:/usr/share/java/*' sqlline.SqlLine java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "sh": error=24, Too many open files at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1041) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:617) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:485) at jline.UnixTerminal.exec(UnixTerminal.java:292) at jline.UnixTerminal.exec(UnixTerminal.java:277) at jline.UnixTerminal.stty(UnixTerminal.java:268) at jline.UnixTerminal.initializeTerminal(UnixTerminal.java:71) at jline.Terminal.setupTerminal(Terminal.java:75) at sqlline.SqlLine$Opts.<init>(Unknown Source) at sqlline.SqlLine.<init>(Unknown Source) at sqlline.SqlLine.mainWithInputRedirection(Unknown Source) at sqlline.SqlLine.main(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=24, Too many open files at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method) at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:135) at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:130) at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1022) ... 11 more The best we can do at this point is to list explicitly the known JDBC drivers in the classpath. That's less flexible but it will be good enough in most cases. Emmanuel Bourg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org