Icons for issue types loaded via HTTP not displayed in the View Custom Fields screen

An icon for an issue type which uses and absolute path URL will not be displayed in the Custom Field screen under these circumstances:

• the icon is served from an external source and the absolute path is provided, i.e. the URL starts with "http://myhost..."

AND

• the JIRA instance contains a context path (e.g. /jira)

This happens because the image URL is appended to the context path. Relevant part of html from the View Custom Fields page:

<tr>
        <td>Issue type(s):</td>
        <td>                  
                <a style="padding-right: 0.3em;" href="EditIssueType%21default.jspa?returnUrl=ViewCustomFields.jspa&amp;id=8">
                    <img src="/jirahttp://www.google.com.au/intl/en_au/images/logo.gif" title="test " alt="test"></a>            
        </td>
    </tr>