request for backport: 6752638: java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.preferLocaleFonts() throws NPE on Linux

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> Hello,
> 
>  a fix for 6378099: RFE: Use libfontconfig to create/synthesise a
>  fontconfig.properties
>  has been recently backported into jdk6:
> 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/ca145c441db0
> 
>  This change makes jdk6 vulnerable to a problem described in the bug 6752638:
>  java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.preferLocaleFonts() throws NPE on Linux
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6752638
> 
>  I suggest to backport the fix for 6752638 into jdk6 as well.
> 
> jdk7 changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/40ec164889bd
> 
>  Please note that this changeset contains two different fixes: for 6752638
>  and for 6755034. The fix for 6755034 is not required for jdk6, so we need
>  to backport only the part of the changeset which is related to 6752638:
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bae/6752638/openjdk6/webrev.00/
> 
>  With your permissions, I can push the change into jdk6.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> 

Thanks. Pushed: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/87fe968e87b0

6755034 was dropped and the copyright updated on the new test.
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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