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Bug 327663 - Several about.html have invalid hyperlinks to local copy of license
Summary: Several about.html have invalid hyperlinks to local copy of license
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Framework (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux-GTK
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.7 M3   Edit
Assignee: equinox.framework-inbox CLA
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Depends on: 327661
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Reported: 2010-10-13 09:33 EDT by Martin Oberhuber CLA
Modified: 2010-10-14 04:56 EDT (History)
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Description Martin Oberhuber CLA 2010-10-13 09:33:42 EDT 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #327661 +++

Build ID: Helios SR1

When mining about.html files, I found the following (non-exhaustive) list of about.html files which have broken hyperlinks to the local copy of a 3rd party license. Each of the "filename not matched" below refers to an <a href="..."> statement in about.html which is not matched by an actual file in the plugin.

In most cases, the link is broken due to a case mismatch ('.txt' vs '.TXT' or missing file extension, sometimes a completely different name. I think that respective about.html's should be fixed.

---Equinox---
org.eclipse.equinox.registry_3.5.0.v20100503.jar : about.html
  caution: filename not matched:  about_files/NOTICE.TXT

org.eclipse.equinox.p2.updatesite_1.0.201.R36x_v20100823.jar : about.html
  caution: filename not matched:  about_files/NOTICE.TXT

org.eclipse.equinox.ds_1.2.1.R36x_v20100803.jar : about.html
  caution: filename not matched:  about_files/NOTICE.TXT

See also Orbit bug 327661 for more information.
Comment 1 Martin Oberhuber CLA 2010-10-13 09:36:12 EDT 
p2.updatesite is actually innocent - mis-read my logs, sorry.
Only ds and registry are culprits.
Comment 2 Thomas Watson CLA 2010-10-13 09:56:40 EDT 
Thanks fixed.

Interestingly enough, this does not seem to cause issues when looking at the about.html files through the about dialog.  I am on the Mac where case should matter, but the NOTICE.TXT link worked.
Comment 3 Martin Oberhuber CLA 2010-10-14 04:56:31 EDT 
I checked on Linux-GTK, and with 3.6.1 the link is also broken from the about dialog:

Firefox can't find the file at /folk/mober/.workbench-3.3.0.20101014-0801/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/53/1/.cp/about_files/NOTICE.TXT.

I seem to remember that Mac is case insensitive but case preserving, but not having a Mac myself I cannot say for sure. Anyways, thanks for the fix :)