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Bug 356299

Summary:	eclipse.ini: configuration parameter does not support URLs with whitespaces
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Equinox	Reporter:	Andreas Gusenbauer <Andreas.Gusenbauer>
Component:	Launcher	Assignee:	Project Inbox <equinox.launcher-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	P3	CC:	aniefer, georg.breitschopf, john.arthorne, remy.suen
Version:	3.4.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Andreas Gusenbauer

2011-08-31 05:50:21 EDT

Build Identifier: M20090211-1700

It is not possible to set the configuration directory to a directory with whitespaces.
E.g. configuration directory 'D:/eclipse/any additional folder/configuration'
eclipse.ini:
-configuration
file:/D:/eclipse/any%20additional%20folder/configuration/

The framework does not convert the URL correctly back to its absolute path - the configuration the seached in 'D:/eclipse/any%20additional%20folder/configuration'

The following configurations work:
-configuration
file:/D:/eclipse/any additional folder/configuration/
-configuration
D:/eclipse/any additional folder/configuration/

... but only as long as the framework changes the parameter in the eclipse.ini automatically to 'file:/D:/eclipse/any%20additional%20folder/configuration/' ... e.g. after plugins are updated.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set the configuration parameter in the eclipse.ini to an URL with whitespaces (e.g. file:/D:/eclipse/any%20additional%20folder/configuration/)
2. Run Eclipse

Comment 1 Andreas Gusenbauer

2011-08-31 05:54:52 EDT

Same problem with: Helios Service Release 1 (Build id: 20100917-0705)

Comment 2 John Arthorne

2011-08-31 09:51:10 EDT

Not sure if this is framework or launcher.

Comment 3 Andrew Niefer

2011-09-06 16:39:38 EDT

I think this is launcher, in particular, this goes through Main#buildURL where the is no attempt to deal with encoded urls.

Comment 4 Georg Breitschopf

2017-04-20 09:18:00 EDT

Similar problem when using a hash '#' in the directory. The part after the hash is cut off. Using the URL-encoded form leads to the problem described above.

An analysis of this problem revealed that an (now) deprecated API is used to create the URL.

org.eclipse.osgi.internal.location.LocationHelper#buildURL uses java.io.File#toURL to create the URL. This method does not automatically escape characters that are illegal in URLs.

Comment 5 Eclipse Genie

2019-09-28 02:07:08 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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