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

[Bernd]

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

Maybe the Release Notes should mention that this does not care for Unix readonly (I.e. files without Read permissions). Some tools warn about deleting such files on Linux, too.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24977#issuecomment-2857201912