--- old/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XTextAreaPeer.java	2012-07-24 07:48:17.000000000 -0400
+++ new/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XTextAreaPeer.java	2012-07-24 07:48:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -463,13 +463,6 @@
 
     protected boolean setTextImpl(String txt) {
         if (jtext != null) {
-            // Please note that we do not want to post an event
-            // if setText() replaces an empty text by an empty text,
-            // that is, if component's text remains unchanged.
-            if (jtext.getDocument().getLength() == 0 && txt.length() == 0) {
-                return true;
-            }
-
             // JTextArea.setText() posts two different events (remove & insert).
             // Since we make no differences between text events,
             // the document listener has to be disabled while