Index: java/io/PrintWriter.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/java/io/PrintWriter.java,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.19 PrintWriter.java
--- java/io/PrintWriter.java	16 Sep 2005 19:49:04 -0000	1.19
+++ java/io/PrintWriter.java	9 Nov 2005 22:47:18 -0000
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
    * This is the system dependent line separator
    */
   private static final char[] line_separator
-    = System.getProperty("line.separator").toCharArray();
+    = System.getProperty("line.separator", "\n").toCharArray(); 
 
   /**
    * This method prints a line separator sequence to the stream.  The value