RFR: JDK-8161360, , Deprecated vfork() should not be used on Solaris

[Dmitry Samersoff]

Martin,

Valid launch mechanisms for Solaris set in ProcessImpl.java as:

  SOLARIS(LaunchMechanism.POSIX_SPAWN, LaunchMechanism.FORK),

So it's not possible to set VFORK as LaunchMechanism for Solaris.
and this fix doesn't change anything from customer perspective.

-Dmitry


On 2016-09-01 04:55, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> Does an attempt to use vfork on Solaris result in something reasonable like
> UnsupportedOperationException?
> 
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 4:55 AM, Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison at oracle.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> vfork(2) is deprecated on Solaris and using it generates compiler
>> warnings. When compiled with warnings-as-errors, this results in
>> compilation failures.
>>
>> Bug:    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8161360
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alanbur/JDK-8161360
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Alan Burlison
>> --
>>


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Dmitry Samersoff
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