RFR: 8353439: Shell grouping of -XX:OnError= commands is surprising [v2]

[David Holmes]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 14:33:04 GMT, Kevin Walls <kevinw at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> We should be consistent, and run all OnError items in a new shell.  Currently the ; separator causes a new shell, but multiple -XX:OnError= options are grouped into the same shell.
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>> next_OnError_command() decides on where a new command starts.  It should recognise newlines, and all commands will get their own shell.
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> Kevin Walls has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Test udpate - multiple -XX:OnError=

Thanks Kevin. Checking the bash manpage it states that newline is a control operator, hence it does work, on non-Windows at least.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24354#issuecomment-2781703863