[7u6] Request for approval for CR 7168520 No jdk8 TL Nightly linux builds due to broken link in b39-2012-05-13_231

[Edvard Wendelin]

Approved.

On May 17, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> This is a request to backport a JDK 8 fix into JDK 7u6:
> 
> 7168520 1/3 No jdk8 TL Nightly linux builds due to broken link in
>            b39-2012-05-13_231
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7168520
> 
> The fix has recently been pushed to JDK 8, as:
> 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/ce165aa48dcb
> 
> and will be included in the JDK8-B42 PIT snapshot. I've requested
> a respin of the JDK8-B40 PIT snapshot, but I haven't gotten
> confirmation yet.
> 
> This fix has been reviewed on build-dev at openjdk.java.net:
> 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2012-May/006158.html
> 
> and hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net:
> 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-runtime-dev/2012-May/003708.html
> 
> and serviceability-dev at openjdk.java.net:
> 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2012-May/006065.html
> 
> The three review threads are currently identical.
> 
> The JDK7u6 and JDK8 jdk repo patch files are identical.
> 
> Dan