Regression test java/util/jar/JarFile/TurkCert.java incorrectly changes Locale settings

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
>
>
> Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>> Alan Bateman wrote:
>>> Pavel Tisnovsky wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> the first statement (Locale.setDefault(new Locale("TR", "tr"));) in 
>>>> regression test
>>>> java/util/jar/JarFile/TurkCert.java
>>>>
>>>> changes locale settings on global level (i.e. in currently running 
>>>> JTreg/JVM) which causes that other test fails, for example 
>>>> sun/java2d/cmm/ColorConvertOp/ConstructorsNullTest/ConstructorsNullTest 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm able to do patch for this test. Should I post webrev here or to 
>>>> another OpenJDK mailing list?
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>> Pavel Tisnovsky
>>> core-libs-dev is probably the best place. It's only recently that 
>>> we've been running these tests in samevm mode and this is one that 
>>> should probably run in othervm mode.
>>>
>>> -Alan.
>> Alan,
>>
>> An alternative solution is to remember the locale before changing it 
>> and resetting it when done.
>>
>> -- Jon
>
> Does that work when executing tests in parallel?
>
> Dan
>
jtreg does not support running tests in parallel for exactly this sort 
of reason -- certainly not in samevm mode, where stdout/stderr are 
already multiplexed between tests.

-- Jon