RFR: 8359596: Behavior change when both -Xlint:options and -Xlint:-options flags are given

Archie Cobbs acobbs at openjdk.org
Tue Jun 17 14:05:45 UTC 2025


My minor contribution to #24746 (which fixed [JDK-8354556](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8354556)) accidentally introduced a change in the compiler's behavior when given conflicting lint flags like `-Xlint:options -Xlint:-options`. This PR restores the original behavior.

Although this might be considered a weird corner case, many build systems add flags in multiple stages and this can easily result in both flags being added, and so the behavior in this scenario needs to stay consistent. 

Basically the code was trying to be too clever; when the original logic is restored, the code gets simpler.

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Commit messages:
 - No need for /nodynamiccopyright/ with this test.
 - Restore behavior when both -Xlint:options and -Xlint:-options are given.

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25840/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25840&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8359596
  Stats: 80 lines in 3 files changed: 46 ins; 26 del; 8 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25840.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/25840/head:pull/25840

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25840


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