RFR [XS]: 8238947: tools/jpackage tests fail with old rpmbuild versions

[Langer, Christoph]

Hi Matthias,

I think this is good.

Best regards
Christoph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: core-libs-dev <core-libs-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf
> Of Baesken, Matthias
> Sent: Donnerstag, 20. Februar 2020 14:15
> To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: [CAUTION] RFR [XS]: 8238947: tools/jpackage tests fail with old
> rpmbuild versions
> 
> Hello, please review this small change adjusting the minimal rpmbuild version
> of tools/jpackage tests .
> 
> Currently the tools/jpackage tests, for example
> jdk/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/linux/AppCategoryTest.java fail on older distros
> with rpmbuild tools < 4.10 .
> This can be seen on Suse Linux (SLES11) with rpmbuild 4.4 and on RedHat 6
> with rpmbuild 4.8 .
> For example, rpmbuild returns an unexpected "rpmbuild: no spec files given
> for build" when calling :
> 
> > rpmbuild --eval=%{_target_cpu}
> > x86_64
> > rpmbuild: no spec files given for build
> 
> Probably we should check for at least rpmbuild version 4.10 when executing
> the tests (on Suse Linux 12 and on RedHat 7+ we have rpmbuild 4.11 or
> higher).
> 
> 
> Bug/webrev :
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8238947
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mbaesken/webrevs/8238947.0/
> 
> Thanks, Matthias