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

[Phil Race]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:43:27 GMT, Sergey Nazarkin <snazarki at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > PS as referenced in that bug the updated INTL guide https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/intl/font-configuration-files.html#GUID-F8ABF748-F3C3-4781-97B2-66C7E1E10EE9 says
> > The JDK places any files that it provides in $JDKHOME/lib. Do not modify that location. Instead, put any updates or custom versions of the configuration files in $JDKHOME/conf/fonts. On platforms that support font configuration files, the runtime will look first in $JDKHOME/conf/fonts.
> 
> The JDK still supports fonts in the lib folder. I believe that user apps and fonts have simply migrated between JDK updates over time.

There may still be code that looks there but that isn't support in the sense of "supports as  a feature of the product"

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27551#issuecomment-3463186746