Bug#1033496: scilab: cannot start scilab at all

[ryan]

Package: scilab
Version: 6.1.1+dfsg2-5
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
X-Debbugs-Cc: rloots6 at gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
executing scilab

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

typed scilab in the terminal

   * What was the outcome of this action?
~$ scilab
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS:
-Djava.class.path=/usr/share/java/flexdock.jar:/usr/share/java/skinlf.jar:/usr/share/java/looks.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-
logging.jar:/usr/share/java/jhall.jar:/usr/share/java/lucene-
core-4.10.4.jar:/usr/share/java/lucene-analyzers-
common-4.10.4.jar:/usr/share/java/lucene-
queryparser-4.10.4.jar:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/freehep/freehep-
util/debian/freehep-util-debian.jar:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/freehep/freehep-
io/debian/freehep-io-debian.jar:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/freehep/freehep-
graphicsio/debian/freehep-graphicsio-debian.jar:/usr/share/java/freehep-
graphicsio-emf.jar:/usr/share/java/freehep-
graphics2d.jar:/usr/share/java/jrosetta-API.jar:/usr/share/java/jrosetta-
engine.jar:/usr/share/java/jgraphx.jar:/usr/share/java/jogl2.jar:/usr/share/java/gluegen2-rt.jar:/usr/share/java/jeuclid-
core.jar:/usr/share/java/jlatexmath-
fop.jar:/usr/share/java/fop.jar:/usr/share/java/saxon.jar:/usr/share/java/batik.jar:/usr/share/java/xml-
apis-ext.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-io.jar:/usr/share/java/xmlgraphics-
commons.jar:/usr/share/java/avalon-
framework.jar:/usr/share/java/jlatexmath.jar:/usr/share/java/ecj.jar:/usr/share/java/javax.activation.jar:/usr/share/java/jaxb-
runtime.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/gui/jar/org.scilab.modules.gui.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/core/jar/org.scilab.modules.core.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/xcos/jar/org.scilab.modules.xcos.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/ui_data/jar/org.scilab.modules.ui_data.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/external_objects_java/jar/org.scilab.modules.external_objects_java.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/helptools/jar/org.scilab.modules.helptools.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/helptools/jar/scilab_en_US_help.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/helptools/jar/scilab_images.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/jvm/jar/org.scilab.modules.jvm.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/scinotes/jar/org.scilab.modules.scinotes.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/action_binding/jar/org.scilab.modules.action_binding.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/console/jar/org.scilab.modules.console.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/history_browser/jar/org.scilab.modules.history_browser.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/completion/jar/org.scilab.modules.completion.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/renderer/jar/org.scilab.modules.renderer.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/javasci/jar/org.scilab.modules.javasci.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/commons/jar/org.scilab.modules.commons.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/scirenderer/jar/scirenderer.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/graph/jar/org.scilab.modules.graph.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/history_manager/jar/org.scilab.modules.history_manager.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/types/jar/org.scilab.modules.types.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/graphic_objects/jar/org.scilab.modules.graphic_objects.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/graphic_export/jar/org.scilab.modules.graphic_export.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/localization/jar/org.scilab.modules.localization.jar:/usr/share/scilab/modules/preferences/jar/org.scilab.modules.preferences.jar:
-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni:/usr/lib/scilab --add-
opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.X11=ALL-UNNAMED --add-
opens=java.desktop/sun.java2d.opengl=ALL-UNNAMED
The configuration file is severely corrupted and cannot be read. It will be
deleted.


**note there is no configuration directory/file on my system, in my home
directory.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

the scilab program to start.

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.0
  APT prefers testing-security
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_ZA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_ZA:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages scilab depends on:
ii  scilab-cli       6.1.1+dfsg2-5
ii  scilab-full-bin  6.1.1+dfsg2-5

Versions of packages scilab recommends:
ii  scilab-doc  6.1.1+dfsg2-5

Versions of packages scilab suggests:
pn  scilab-doc-fr     <none>
pn  scilab-doc-ja     <none>
pn  scilab-doc-pt-br  <none>

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