RFR: 8355954: File.delete removes read-only files (win) [v3]

Wed May 7 06:09:14 UTC 2025

On Fri, 2 May 2025 18:19:35 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This change proposes to modify `java.io.File.delete()` so that regular files on Windows will not be deleted by default if their read-only attribute is set. A boolean-valued system compatibility property `jdk.io.File.deleteReadOnly` is defined to reinstate legacy behavior if desired.
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> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   8355954: Fix HashedPasswordFileTest failure due to obsolete read-only attribute being set

The implementation changes looks okay. I assume the CSR will be expanded, e.g. to list deleteOnExit as Jason mentioned, before we can review it.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24977#issuecomment-2857168778