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Using build I20051206-1200. I wanted to apply a patch and then got a NPE. Here's the corresponding stack trace: !ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2005-12-08 09:50:50.011 !MESSAGE java.lang.NullPointerException !STACK 0 java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.compare.internal.patch.WorkspacePatcher.parse(WorkspacePatcher.java:111) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.patch.InputPatchPage.isPatchFile(InputPatchPage.java:735) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.patch.InputPatchPage.adjustToCurrentTarget(InputPatchPage.java:711) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.patch.InputPatchPage.createControl(InputPatchPage.java:149) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.Wizard.createPageControls(Wizard.java:179) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createPageControls(WizardDialog.java:611) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createContents(WizardDialog.java:502) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.create(Window.java:417) at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.create(Dialog.java:1051) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:775) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.patch.CompareWithPatchAction.run(CompareWithPatchAction.java:85) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.BaseCompareAction.run(BaseCompareAction.java:26) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.runWithEvent(PluginAction.java:251) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:530) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:480) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:392) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:906) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3241) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2861) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1763) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1727) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:396) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:143) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:106) at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:109) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:92) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:68) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:369) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:167) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:338) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:282) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952)
The code has changed considerably since this bug was logged. Without steps, there is no way for us to test whether this is still an issue.