From fcece2ecb1700a73ff9778b13d45b217c322c111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ravi.Patel8" <Ravi.Patel8@ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:33:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 8368606: Printer lookup returns empty on AIX platform due to
 uninitialized results list

Backport-of: 9b1633ded0e1d952ef13c054b6c507149d22f8cd
---
 .../unix/classes/sun/print/PrintServiceLookupProvider.java  | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/print/PrintServiceLookupProvider.java b/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/print/PrintServiceLookupProvider.java
index d96894660b9..f9445a78ede 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/print/PrintServiceLookupProvider.java
+++ b/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/print/PrintServiceLookupProvider.java
@@ -876,12 +876,16 @@ public final class PrintServiceLookupProvider extends PrintServiceLookup
                     FileReader reader = new FileReader(f);
                     bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(reader);
                     String line;
+                    results = new ArrayList<>();
                     while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine())
                            != null) {
                         results.add(line);
                     }
                 }
-            } finally {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // Print exception for tracking printer command errors
+                IPPPrintService.debug_println("Printer command error: " + e);
+           } finally {
                 f.delete();
                 // promptly close all streams.
                 if (bufferedReader != null) {