RFR: 8286191: misc tests fail due to JDK-8285987 [v3]

[Matthias Baesken]

On Thu, 5 May 2022 16:14:32 GMT, Daniel D. Daugherty <dcubed at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Matthias Baesken has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   restore year in ExternalEditorTest, remove test exclusion
>
> test/langtools/jdk/jshell/ExternalEditorTest.java line 29:
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>> 27:  * @bug 8143955 8080843 8163816 8143006 8169828 8171130 8162989 8210808
>> 28:  * @comment musl/Alpine has problems executing some shell scripts, see 8285987
>> 29:  * @requires !vm.musl
> 
> So this change backs out an "@requires" that was added by:
> 
> JDK-8285987 executing shell scripts without #! fails on Alpine linux
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8285987
> 
> Presumably this "@requires" was added for some reason so what's
> going to happen if this test is run on Alpine Linux? Also, the fix in
> JDK-8285987 updated the copyright year. Do you plan on restoring
> it to the original "2017" value?

Hi Daniel, I restored the original year 2017.
(additionally I removed the langtools exclusion)

> Presumably this "@requires" was added for some reason so what's going to happen if this test is run on Alpine Linux

I can only speak about our Alpine setup (3.15 in a container) and there the test fails with   error=8, Exec format error. Looks like something similar has been observed as well by these people
https://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2018/03/09/2
https://github.com/scala-steward-org/scala-steward/issues/1374

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8556