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There is a bug (http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154894) in the version which we have in Fedora 12. This bug is related to http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6882582. Anyway, this has been long fixed as can be seen in the bug report I provided. They provided binary attachment http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=90031 which reportedly fixed the issue. I have been using this and can confirm. Source attachment is also provided: http://bugzilla-attachments-154894.netbeans.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=90030. This REALLY needs to be applied to Fedora version as soon as possible.
AFAIK the bug is fixed in the NetBeans 6.8. What is a reason to use old version of the NetBeans IDE? Could the following instructions help you: http://wiki.netbeans.org/Fedora/How_To/Install_NetBeans_6.7.1_and_NetBeans_6.8_on_Fedora_12 ?
Hmm, call me stupid but I've always thought that Netbeans 6.7.1 is the only netbeans version "officially supported" on Fedora 12 platform. Basically, that's what I see when querying main repository. If that's the case then I assume that this nasty bug be definitely fixed. Could you perhaps explain the status of netbeans 8 on this fedora version?
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