Review request for 7034570 - java.lang.Runtime.exec(String[] cmd, String[] env) can not work properly if SystemRoot not inherited

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Fri Apr 15 12:15:35 UTC 2011


Ulf Zibis wrote:
> :
>
> Again I ask if we shouldn't disallow to user-define the "SystemRoot" 
> variable on Windows?
> Imagine someone has set the variable to "C:\WINDOWS", but the correct 
> value is "D:\WINDOWS".
No, I don't think we should silently change the value of this or other 
variables.

-Alan.



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