RFC: forward-port pulse-java fixes from icedtea6 to icedtea7

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> Hi,
> 
> The attached patch forward-ports a number of fixes that are present
> in
> pulse-java in icedtea6 to icedtea7 (HEAD). I ran through most of the
> pulse-java tests and nothing seems to have regressed.
> 
> One of these fixes should take care of PR875 too: the just-built
> pulse-java is used as bootclasspath when generating headers (though I
> havent actually tested it myself).
> 

Yes, these should have gone in a long time ago and is another issue
with working going to 6 and not 7 (or 8).  Thanks for doing this.

> Shall I push this to icedtea8 as well?
> 

Please do.

> I am not sure if I want to change the dates in the changelog entries
> from the original. Does anyone have strong feelings either way?
> 

Don't change the ChangeLog entries.  If you've had to do additional work
only on that version, add an additional entry with the current date.
This is what I did with e.g. your security patches when backporting them.

> Any thoughts or comments?
> 
> Thanks,
> Omair
> 

-- 
Andrew :)

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