I get a NullPointerException in Socket.connect(). This seems to happen when the nameserver is not available. My current test case is with gcjappletviewer; I can reproduce it by stopping my VPN but leaving my /etc/resolv.conf untouched (so it tries to contact a DNS server which is not available)
(I also remember seeing NPEs from PlainSocketImpl::connect, but I can't reproduce that presently. These occurred when "tmp" was NULL...) opsy. ./gcjappletviewer http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067300 raw arguments: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067300 java.lang.NullPointerException at java.net.Socket.connect(java.net.SocketAddress, int) (/home/tromey/gnu/4.0/install/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at java.net.Socket.connect(java.net.SocketAddress) (/home/tromey/gnu/4.0/install/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at gnu.java.net.protocol.http.HTTPConnection.getSocket() (/home/tromey/gnu/4.0/install/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at gnu.java.net.protocol.http.HTTPConnection.getOutputStream() (/home/tromey/gnu/4.0/install/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at gnu.java.net.protocol.http.Request.dispatch() (/home/tromey/gnu/4.0/install/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at gnu.java.net.protocol.http.HTTPURLConnection.connect() (/home/tromey/gnu/4.0/install/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at gnu.java.net.protocol.http.HTTPURLConnection.getInputStream() (/home/tromey/gnu/4.0/install/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at java.net.URL.openStream() (/home/tromey/gnu/4.0/install/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at gnu.gcjwebplugin.AppletTag.parseAppletTags(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) (Unknown Source) at gnu.gcjwebplugin.StandaloneAppletViewer.StandaloneAppletViewer(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.List, java.awt.Dimension, boolean, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String[], gnu.getopt.Getopt, int, java.lang.String) (Unknown Source) at gnu.gcjwebplugin.AppletViewer.main(java.lang.String[]) (Unknown Source) at .main (/home/tromey/gnu/mozilla/gcjwebplugin/src/gcjappletviewer.c:189) at .__libc_start_main (/lib/tls/libc-2.3.3.so) -- Summary: NPE in Socket.connect() Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: libgcj AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: tromey at gcc dot gnu dot org CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org,java-prs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21941
