RFR: 8368882: NPE during text drawing on machine with JP locale [v5]

Sergey Nazarkin snazarki at openjdk.org
Wed Oct 29 18:39:26 UTC 2025


On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:35:46 GMT, Phil Race <prr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Then It might be better to drop it, or at least mark it as manual. The current issue with the test is that it modifies the system and JDK, which could affect other tests running in parallel.
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>> For the JDK, we can create a copy of TESTJAVA and run the test there. However, we can’t do the same for the system. The situation could become worse if the tests are terminated midway, as the cleanup step wouldn’t be executed and the system could remain misconfigured.
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> A test that modifies the windows registry is going to be a problem. I would just scrap the test.
> I wouldn't even want to run such a test manually.

As far as I can see, the 'manual' is not intended for manual environment preparation/cleanup. So I am inclined to remove the test entirely.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27551#discussion_r2474666196


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