PQ71080: EFIXINSTALLER FAILS WITH STACK TRACE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL INCORRECTLY PACKAGED APAR FIX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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APAR status Closed as program error. Error description Customer started eFixWizard and pointed to a directory that contained an incorrectly packaged APAR Fix, PQ68703. The eFixWizard then failed with the following error: ./efixWizard.sh java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getUTF8String(ZipInputStream.jav (Compiled Code)) at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.readLOC(ZipInputStream.java:243) at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getNextEntry(ZipInputStream.java at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.getNextEntry(JarInputStream.java at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.getNextJarEntry(JarInputStream.j at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.<init>(JarInputStream.java:96) at com.ibm.websphere.update.ioservices.IOService.getChildEntryNa (IOService.java:45) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.getChildEnt (efixImageRepository.java:103) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.readEFixIds (efixImageRepository.java:278) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.readImages (efixImageRepository.java:252) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.readImageLi (efixImageRepository.java:240) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.setEFixImag (efixImageRepository.java:209) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.prepare (efixImageRepository.java:145) at com.ibm.websphere.update.ismp.util.EFixDirectoryInput$EFixPro (EFixDirectoryInput.java:126) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:512)Local fix None availableProblem summary **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: WebSphere Application Server 5.0 users * * installing a Fix with the Update Installer. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The Update Installer for WebSphere 5.0 * * fails with an obscure error message * * when trying to install a badly packaged * * Fix. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** If a customer attempts to install a Fix that was not packaged correctly, then the Update Installer will fail and throw an obscure error message. The error message does not provide any useful information in helping the user determine what the actual problem is. The error that is thrown is: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getUTF8String( ZipInputStream.java(Compiled Code)) at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.readLOC(ZipInputStream.java:243) at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getNextEntry(ZipInputStream.java at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.getNextEntry(JarInputStream.java at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.getNextJarEntry(JarInputStream.j at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.(JarInputStream.java:96) at com.ibm.websphere.update.ioservices.IOService.getChildEntryNa (IOService.java:45) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.getChildEnt (efixImageRepository.java:103) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.readEFixIds (efixImageRepository.java:278) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.readImages (efixImageRepository.java:252) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.readImageLi (efixImageRepository.java:240) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.setEFixImag (efixImageRepository.java:209) at com.ibm.websphere.update.efix.efixImageRepository.prepare (efixImageRepository.java:145) at com.ibm.websphere.update.ismp.util.EFixDirectoryInput$EFixPro (EFixDirectoryInput.java:126) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:512)Problem conclusion The Update Installer for WebSphere Application Server 5.0 was updated and the error handling was made more robust and more descriptive to the actual problem that is causing the error.Temporary fix Comments
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following: APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: Modules/Macros
Publications Referenced
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Product categories: Software > Application Servers >
Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application
Server > Enterprise Edition (EE)
Operating system(s):
Software version: 00A
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ71080
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Apr 1, 2003
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