[7u6] Request for approval for CR 7144530: KeyTab.getInstance(String) no longer handles keyTabNames with "file:" prefix

[Edvard Wendelin]

Approved. I did notice that you have the sub-cr targeted to 7u4. Will you create another one for 7u6 or assume that it's ok to defer from 7u4? 

Cheers,
Edvard

On Mar 8, 2012, at 4:42 AM, Weijun Wang wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> This is a request to backport a jdk8 fix into jdk7u6.
> 
> CR: 7144530: KeyTab.getInstance(String) no longer handles keyTabNames with "file:" prefix
> Weblink: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7144530
> 
> Description:
> 
> We used to support specifying a keytab using a file-schemed URI, say,
> 
>   file:/etc/krb5/krb5.tab
> 
> An RFE in JDK 7 rewrote the keytab reading codes and this is not supported anymore. This fix supports it again.
> 
> The fix is already included in jdk8 as:
> 
>   URL:       http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/0243e7c0b0fb
>   Reviewed-by: valeriep
> 
> The patch for jdk7u6 is identical to the one in jdk8.
> 
> I intend to push it to
> 
>   ssh://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev-gate/jdk
> 
> Thanks
> Weijun