[8u-dev] Request for approval: 8036971: krb5.conf does not accept directive lines before the first section

[Seán Coffey]

Approved.

regards,
Sean.

On 19/03/14 09:01, Wang Weijun wrote:
> Hi All
>
> This is a request to backport a jdk9 fix into jdk8u-dev.
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> 8036971: krb5.conf does not accept directive lines before the first section
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>     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8036971
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> The fix ignores unsupported directive lines (Ex, include) before any section in a krb5.conf file.
>
> It is already included in jdk9 as:
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>     http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/rev/74ee60cf6174
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> The review thread was
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>     http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2014-March/010282.html
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> The patch for jdk8u-dev is identical to the one in jdk9.
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> The fix is low-risk, and isolated. new regression test added. Existing tests also run fine.
>
> Thanks
> Weijun