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

[Weijun Wang]

Will defer from 7u4.

-Max

On 03/08/2012 02:17 PM, Edvard Wendelin wrote:
> 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
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>>    ssh://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev-gate/jdk
>>
>> Thanks
>> Weijun
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