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[JENKINS-67724] Debian package fails to start when JAVA_ARGS contains spaces #694
Description
If /etc/default/jenkins contains something like
JAVA_ARGS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Dhudson.model.DirectoryBrowserSupport.CSP=\"sandbox; default-src 'self';\""
then as of 2.333 startup will fail with:
$ cat /var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log
Error: Could not find or load main class 'self';"
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: 'self';"
Originally reported by basil, imported from: Debian package fails to start when JAVA_ARGS contains spaces
- assignee: basil
- status: Resolved
- priority: Major
- component(s): packaging
- label(s): regression
- resolution: Fixed
- resolved: 2022-02-02T18:59:59+00:00
- votes: 0
- watchers: 1
- imported: 2025-11-26
Raw content of original issue
If /etc/default/jenkins contains something like
JAVA_ARGS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Dhudson.model.DirectoryBrowserSupport.CSP=\"sandbox; default-src 'self';\""then as of 2.333 startup will fail with:
$ cat /var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log Error: Could not find or load main class 'self';" Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: 'self';"
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jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Feb 2, 2022
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jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Feb 2, 2022
basil:
Raw content of original comment:
This will be fixed in 2.334. Affected users can work around the issue by applying this patch to /etc/init.d/jenkins: