[7u4] Request for approval for 6671616: TEST_BUG: java/io/File/BlockIsDirectory.java fails when /dev/dsk empty (sol)

[Edvard Wendelin]

Approved.

On Jan 17, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Chris Hegarty wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a request to backport a JDK 8 fix into JDK 7u4:
> 
> 6671616: TEST_BUG: java/io/File/BlockIsDirectory.java fails when /dev/dsk empty (sol)
> 
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6671616
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=2212764
> 
> The fix has already been pushed to JDK 8:
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/40d699d7f6a1
> 
> The changes for jdk7u4 are identical to the ones in jdk8, except for the change to ProblemList.txt. The removal of 'java/io/File/BlockIsDirectory.java' from the ProblemList.txt is not applicable since it is not there.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Chris.