RFR(XS): 8132374: AIX: fix value of os.version property

[Roger Riggs]

Hi Volker,

I doubt there is a test for any of the OS's but is it possible to write 
a test that would
compare that string to the version string produced by one of the os 
provided tools.
For example uname?

Thanks, Roger


On 7/27/2015 9:29 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> Thanks, Alan.
>
> We've done this correctly in our SAP JVM as well as IBM in their J9
> but for some reason we've missed the fixed in the initial OpenJDK
> port.
>
> Regards,
> Volker
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 27/07/2015 13:54, Volker Simonis wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> can somebody please review this tiny fix to get the value of the
>>> 'os.version' property correct on AIX:
>>>
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/webrevs/2015/8132374/
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132374
>>>
>>>
>> This looks okay to me, assuming applications on AIX looking at os.version
>> won't be surprised.
>>
>> -Alan