RFR: 8132459: ExceptionInInitializerError from 'java -version' on Linux under zh_CN.GB18030 locale

[Xueming Shen]

On 07/30/2015 01:37 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Alan Bateman<Alan.Bateman at oracle.com>  wrote:
>>
>> On 30/07/2015 06:21, Xueming Shen wrote:
>>> :
>>>
>>> Each platform has a list of "supported locale/encoding". All these
>>> encodings/charsets need to be in
>>> base module for that particular platform, to support the jvm to start (in
>>> a particular locale/encoding)
>>> under module system. The charsets in our repository can be categorized
>>> into different groups, solaris/
>>> linux specific, windows specific and IBM specific and couple that are
>>> shared by different platforms).
>>> The idea here is to build all those platform-specific charsets into the
>>> base module for that platform.
>> Right, and furthermore, we should be able to build a compact1 image or just
>> an image with the java.base module and it should be able to start on
>> platforms when running with a supported locale/encoding. I think the main
>> issue we've had is establishing that list, hence it had to be extended a few
>> times.
>>
> The change looks fine.
>
> But what about the 'supported locale/encoding' list. Is there a
> published 'official' version of this list for Oracle/OpenJDK and how
> is it maintained.

I meant to say "all the supported/native locale+encoding" of the platform/OS. If we have those
charsets in our repository, they all need go into the base module.

We do have a jdk "supported locale and encoding" list, but they are for the supported java
locale and encoding.

-Sherman


> Regards,
> Volker
>
>> -Alan.