Request for Bulk Approval - backport tools test stabilization changes from JDK8

[Seán Coffey]

Thanks for you cycles on this Chris.

Approved.

regards,
Sean.

On 18/02/2013 21:36, Chris Hegarty wrote:
> This is a bulk request for approval to backport several tools test 
> stabilization changes from JDK8 to 7u-dev. Original authors and 
> reviewers cc'ed.
>
> These changes address several constant and persistent failures, on all 
> platforms, in the tools area. Specifically the jdk_tools target:
>    FAILED: sun/tools/jcmd/jcmd-big-script.sh
>    FAILED: sun/tools/jcmd/jcmd-pid.sh
>    FAILED: sun/tools/jinfo/Basic.sh
>    FAILED: sun/tools/jmap/Basic.sh
>    FAILED: sun/tools/jps/jps-Vvml_2.sh
>    FAILED: sun/tools/jps/jps-m_2.sh
>    FAILED: sun/tools/jstack/Basic.sh
>
> All changes are in JDK8, and all changesets are identical, with one 
> minor exception as noted below.
>
> 7144833: sun/tools/jcmd/jcmd-Defaults.sh failing intermittently
>   http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/59884f656b7d
>   *No update to the ProblemList.txt*. The jdk8 change removed two tests
>   from the ProblemList. One for a test excluded because of 7144833,
>   which is now fixed and was never on the ProblemList in 7u-dev. I will
>   do some testing and file a separate CR to remove the second test from
>   the ProblemList, if appropriate.
>
> 7154114: jstat tests failing on non-english locales
> 7154113: jcmd, jps and jstat tests failing when there are unknown Java 
> processes on the system
>   http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/2dc35f14bf17
>
> 8001621: Update awk scripts that check output from jps/jcmd
>   http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/d1ffbdf7e3c6
>
> 7194035: update tests for upcoming changes for jtreg
>   http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/997e0d6238b7
>
> -Chris.