RFR: 8191963: Path.equals() and File.equals() return true for two different files on Windows [v2]

[Alan Bateman]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 20:13:38 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Replace logic in `java.io.WinNTFileSystems.compare(File,File)` with that from `sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.compareTo(Path)`.
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> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - 8191963: Add system property to enable legacy behavior
>  - Merge
>  - 8191963: Path.equals() and File.equals() return true for two different files on Windows

> > [...] system property to restore long standing behavior.
> 
> Added in [a63e13e](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/a63e13e1e086d299a4e1326606f3322a42cb5977).

@naotoj, @xuemingshen-oracle, do you have any thoughts on the compatibility impact?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25788#issuecomment-3367995346