[7u-dev] Request for approval for 8023964 : java/io/IOException/LastErrorString.java should be @ignore-d

[Dalibor Topic]

On 8/29/13 5:34 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 29/08/2013 16:19, Seán Coffey wrote:
>> Simple testcase ignore request. This test causes issue for systems if run as root. It's already been excluded in JDK 8 via a problemlist update (7081813). Would like to port to 7u-dev. Need a reviewer also.
> That test has had @ignore in jdk8 for some time, I didn't realize that it wasn't @ignore-d in jdk7u. The change looks okay although adding 8023964 to the @bug might be confusion as it's not a test for that bug.
> 
> Hopefully someone will take pity on that test someday and either fix it or shoot it. I vaguely remember Pavel Tisnovsky from Red Hat started to work on it but it was the jdk7 end-game and I don't think the patch went in.

Maybe Pavel can recall the details - cc:ed.

cheers,
dalibor topic



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