felix-framework does not start - resource error

[Scott Wimer]

Ubuntu 12.04
felix-main 4.0.1-2
libfelix-main-java 4.0.1-2

The felix-framework script does not start. Instead, when it attempts to run the /usr/share/java/org.apache.felix.main.jar jar file, it exits due to a resource error. Here is the resulting stack trace:
$ felix-framework
Could not create framework: java.lang.Exception: Could not find framework factory.
java.lang.Exception: Could not find framework factory.
 at org.apache.felix.main.Main.getFrameworkFactory(Main.java:346)
 at org.apache.felix.main.Main.main(Main.java:286)

When I run the jar by hand in verbose mode (reproducing the command line that the felix-framework script uses, I get the following output (massively trimmed down):
$ java -verbose -Dfelix.config.properties=file:/etc/felix-framework/config.properties -jar /usr/share/felix-framework/bin/felix.jar org.apache.felix.upnp.tester-0.4.0.jar
[Opened /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/rt.jar]
[Loaded java.lang.Object from /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/rt.jar]
    [ ... SNIP ... ]
[Loaded org.apache.felix.framework.util.Util from file:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/apache/felix/org.apache.felix.main/4.0.1/org.apache.felix.main-4.0.1.jar]
[Loaded java.lang.IllegalArgumentException from /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/rt.jar]
[Loaded java.lang.NumberFormatException from /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/rt.jar]
[Loaded sun.misc.Launcher$1 from /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/rt.jar]
[Loaded java.net.URLClassLoader$2 from /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/rt.jar]
Could not create framework: java.lang.Exception: Could not find framework factory.
java.lang.Exception: Could not find framework factory.
 at org.apache.felix.main.Main.getFrameworkFactory(Main.java:346)
 at org.apache.felix.main.Main.main(Main.java:286)

If the source code at http://felix-main.sourcearchive.com/documentation/4.0.1-2/Main_8java_source.html is the appropriate code, then I think the error may have to do with the resource path used in the getFrameworkFactory() function:
    private static FrameworkFactory getFrameworkFactory() throws Exception
    {
        URL url = Main.class.getClassLoader().getResource(
            "META-INF/services/org.osgi.framework.launch.FrameworkFactory");

When I extract and examine felix.jar, there is no "/services/" directory in the "META-INF/" directory in the jar file at all. I *think* that is the root of the problem, but I don't claim to have more than a cursory understanding of the java resource management stuff.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.