I get the following exception when running the application after upgrading from seam 2.0.0.BETA1 to 2.0.0.GA:

10:18:45,021 ERROR [ExceptionFilter:69] exception root cause
javax.el.ELException: /common/menuItems.xhtml @13,50 rendered="#{s:hasRole('online_directory')}": java.lang.NullPointerException
 at com.sun.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:76)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.isRendered(UIComponentBase.java:370)
 at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.ToolBarRendererBase.encodeChildren(ToolBarRendererBase.java:58)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:809)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
 at javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:137)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:809)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:892)
 at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:571)
 at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:108)
 at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:216)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:106)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:144)
 at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:245)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:85)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:44)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:141)
 at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:281)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:60)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:58)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179)
 at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:241)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:580)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.jboss.seam.security.RuleBasedIdentity.hasRole(RuleBasedIdentity.java:169)
 at org.jboss.seam.security.SecurityFunctions.hasRole(SecurityFunctions.java:12)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor252.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at org.jboss.el.util.ReflectionUtil.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtil.java:328)
 at org.jboss.el.parser.AstFunction.getValue(AstFunction.java:84)
 at org.jboss.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:186)
 at com.sun.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:71)
 ... 50 more

So far i replaced/added the following files (corresponding to the Chapter 33. Dependencies of seam reference):
war:

jboss-seam-debug.jar
jboss-seam-gen.jar
jboss-seam-ioc.jar
jboss-seam-mail.jar
jboss-seam-pdf.jar
jboss-seam-remoting.jar
jboss-seam-ui.jar
urlrewritefilter.jar
jboss-el.jar

ear:

jboss-seam.jar
antlr-runtime.jar
core.jar
drools-compiler.jar
drools-core.jar
janino.jar
mvel14.jar

As i'm quite lost any hint would be very appreciated!

Btw, i can't yet upgrade to facelets 1.1.14 due to strange behavior in the view.. (currently 1.1.12)