[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#908039: figtree: Crashes with NoClassDefFoundError

[Fabian Kloetzl]

Package: figtree
Version: 1.4.3+dfsg-5
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

The current package of figtree builds fine, but crashes when started
with the following message.

$ java -Xms64m -Xmx512m -cp /usr/share/java/batik-all.jar:/usr/share/java/batik-constants.jar -jar /usr/share/java/figtree.jar
javax.swing.UIManager$LookAndFeelInfo[Metal javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel]
javax.swing.UIManager$LookAndFeelInfo[Nimbus javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel]
javax.swing.UIManager$LookAndFeelInfo[CDE/Motif com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel]
javax.swing.UIManager$LookAndFeelInfo[GTK+ com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel]
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/batik/util/XMLConstants
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:1009)
	at java.base/java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:174)
	... way more lines

For some reason java fails to find the XMLConstants class which is located
in batik-all.jar and batik-constants.jar. The former is also mentioned
in the build.xml but does not get included in the manifest. However, even
when setting the classpath explicitly (as seen above) java still fails.

Any hint is appreciated.

Also affected: Ubuntu 18.04.

Best,
Fabian