id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,resolution,keywords,cc,rd_points,sprint,story_priority 1269,Preferences API broken on Linux with Java6,jamoore,jamoore,"Calls to `IConfig.setConfigValue()` or any operation which eventually calls `Preferences.flush()` or `Preferences.sync` will receive the error: {{{ Mar 23, 2009 10:47:06 AM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$7 run WARNING: Prefs file removed in background /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/prefs.xml Exception in thread ""Thread-2"" java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.apache.xerces.dom.DocumentImpl.getXmlStandalone()Z at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.setDocumentInfo(DOM2TO.java:373) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.parse(DOM2TO.java:127) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.parse(DOM2TO.java:94) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transformIdentity(TransformerImpl.java:662) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:708) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:313) }}} under Java6 on Linux. This is a known Java bug. Among other places, see: * http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6396599",story,closed,minor,Unscheduled,General,invalid,,cxallan atarkowska,,,