As far as I know that file is actually kind of a fallback which is only loaded if the active template doesn't provide an own.
Thus it may find a CSS file or not depending on the active template.

I think it's fine as it is. Whith which template did you found this being an issue? Maybe that template just needs to be fixed?

The component file is calling an unknown file... How can that be correct?

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As far as I know that file is actually kind of a fallback which is only
loaded if the active template doesn't provide an own.
Thus it may find a CSS file or not depending on the active template.

I think it's fine as it is. Whith which template did you found this being
an issue? Maybe that template just needs to be fixed?

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The system/component.php is only loaded if your template doesn't provide an own. I just verified. It's a generic fallback in case the template doesn't provide an own file.

Joomla uses the component.php file instead of the regular index.php file if the request contains &tmpl=component and it is supposed to only load the component output without any modules. Usually that's the case for modal windows and similar things.

Joomla then tries to first load the file from the template and if it doesn't exist it loads the system one.

The core templates all have an own component.php file and thus you shouldn't see that issue.

So it's actually working as intended. If it doesn't work for your template, you need to provide an own component.php in your template. Which you actually should do anyway.

Closing as not a bug.

@Bakual while everything you say above is perfectly correct @normdouglas is also correct tat this file has a call to include a css file that does not exist. So while it will probably never get loaded on a working site if it does then it will try to load a file that doesnt exist

Whilst many templates may have the component file... This should only be as
an override,therefore if it's not there then the core file is called... And
hence the core file has poorly constructed code... I would respectfully
suggest that this is not ideal.

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Reopened #4174 #4174.

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Actually all templates should have that file but its still a bug in my opinion to call a file that doesnt exist

Thanks Brian... Saying that all templates should have it... Then should
they all have an error file also? That's the purpose of the mvc templates
over ride that was created in j.5. I expect my code to have missing file
calls and errors... I don't expect the system templates to have them... My
guess is that this template css once existed... But no longer.
Thanks for you interest mate... Great to hear from you.

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Actually all templates should have that file but its still a bug in my
opinion to call a file that doesnt exist

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The file may exist depending on the active template, or not? It doesn't look in the system folder, it looks in the active template folder.
It still would be a specific template bug imho. Not a core bug :)

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Actually all templates should have that file but its still a bug in my opinion to call a file that doesnt exist

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Thomas... There is a line in a core file that is fundamentally incorrect.
I can't understand why you are defending this. It appears to be a legacy
line that should be removed.

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The file may exist depending on the active template, or not? It doesn't
look in the system folder, it looks in the active template folder.
It still would be a specific template bug imho. Not a core bug :)

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Actually all templates should have that file but its still a bug in my
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I will create a pull request to remove it shortly
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Thomas... There is a line in a core file that is fundamentally incorrect.
I can't understand why you are defending this. It appears to be a legacy
line that should be removed.

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The file may exist depending on the active template, or not? It doesn't
look in the system folder, it looks in the active template folder.
It still would be a specific template bug imho. Not a core bug :)

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Actually all templates should have that file but its still a bug in my
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closing in favour of #4177 to keep the conversation in one place

I assumed the code tries to load the css file in the (in theory) active template, but apparently it does reference it in the system folder. So removing the lines is indeed fine. Sorry for the confusion then.

The template.css was indeed present in Joomla 1.5 and got removed in 2.5.