javac doesn't work with jar files with >64k entries

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Filed 8003512.

-- Jon


On 11/15/2012 12:52 PM, Michel Trudeau wrote:
> Also, someone should log a bug for this issue.   I couldn't find in JBS.
>
> Michel
>
> On 11/15/12 12:02 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>> If you could outline the fix, we can do the rest of the donkeywork.
>>
>> -- jon
>>
>> On 11/15/2012 11:52 AM, Kumar Srinivasan wrote:
>>> I have too many things on my plate, it is yours and Jon to call on this.
>>>
>>> Kumar
>>>
>>> ----- martinrb at google.com wrote:
>>> > From: martinrb at google.com
>>> > To: kumar.x.srinivasan at oracle.com
>>> > Cc: compiler-dev at openjdk.java.net, xueming.shen at oracle.com
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:46:54 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada 
>>> Pacific
>>> > Subject: Re: javac doesn't work with jar files with >64k entries
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> This bug should just be fixed - I'm guessing it's 20 lines of code 
>>> or so.
>>>
>>> >
>>> We can live with this bug because we can just turn off optimized zip 
>>> in javac, but it would be nice to have the optimzed version work 
>>> correctly, and I might be able to cook up a fix if no one else is 
>>> going to volunteer to work on it.  Let me know.
>>>
>>> >
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>
>>>          as JimH would say "I think I hear my management
>>>         calling....." :)
>>>
>>>
>>>     >
>>>     The thorny compatibility issues are indeed hard (seriously, the
>>>     risk and effort of a ZIP64 backport is too high and the value
>>>     provided too low), .....  but for the issue of jdk7 javac not
>>>     understanding jdk6-created jar files with >64k entries, I
>>>     suggest "simply" fixing the code as I outlined and adapting
>>>     T6836682 to a non-jtreg test (because it would need both a jdk6
>>>     and a jdk7 as inputs).
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>
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