RFR: 8352906: stdout/err.encoding on Windows set by incorrect Win32 call

Alan Bateman alanb at openjdk.org
Wed Mar 26 19:22:08 UTC 2025


On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:57:37 GMT, Naoto Sato <naoto at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Those system property values on Windows were derived from Windows' `GetConsoleCP()` call, but they should have been taken from `GetConsoleOutputCP()`. Replacing the incorrect call with the correct one won't change any behavior, as both calls return the same value by default (`GetOEMCP()`). However, it is still the right thing to do.

src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/java_props_md.c line 131:

> 129: }
> 130: 
> 131: static char* getConsoleEncoding(boolean output)

I assume it would be BOOL but I see several other functions here are using boolean with TRUE/FALSE so it should be okay.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24263#discussion_r2014854280


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