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Bug 315068

Summary: [testing] NPE warnings in FileServiceTest ("WARNING: Could not create symlink")
Product: [Tools] Target Management Reporter: Martin Oberhuber <mober.at+eclipse>
Component: RSEAssignee: dsdp.tm.rse-inbox <tm.rse-inbox>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Martin Oberhuber <mober.at+eclipse>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.2   
Target Milestone: 3.3.1   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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Description Martin Oberhuber CLA 2010-05-31 08:32:11 EDT 
Build ID: TM 3.2rc3 on Linux-GTK RHEL4 / Sun 1.5.0_20

1. Install all of TM 3.2rc3
2. Window > Show View > Other... > RSE Testing > RSE Testing
3. Select "Combined Test Suite", righ-click > Launch

During FileServiceTest, following output is printed:

=== testListEmptyFolder started at: May 31, 2010 1:17:25 PM CEST
WARNING: Could not create symlink
Exception thrown: java.lang.NullPointerException
=== testListEmptyFolder finished at: May 31, 2010 1:17:25 PM CEST (duration: 7 ms)

=== testListNonExistentFolder started at: May 31, 2010 1:17:25 PM CEST
WARNING: Could not create symlink
Exception thrown: java.lang.NullPointerException
=== testListNonExistentFolder finished at: May 31, 2010 1:17:25 PM CEST (duration: 3 ms)

=== testListNotAFolder started at: May 31, 2010 1:17:25 PM CEST
WARNING: Could not create symlink
Exception thrown: java.lang.NullPointerException
=== testListNotAFolder finished at: May 31, 2010 1:17:25 PM CEST (duration: 5 ms)
Comment 1 Martin Oberhuber CLA 2011-05-31 17:48:28 EDT 
Bulk moving 3.3 deferred items to 3.3.1