[8u-dev] Request for approval - 8173654: Regression since 8u60: System.getenv doesn't return env var set in JNI code

[Rob McKenna]

Code was added to the JDK which had the effect of calling getenv earlier
than it had been previously. This change is intended to provide a way to
rectify that situation without otherwise affecting openjdk.

    -Rob

On 07/06/17 09:59, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> I'm confused. How does this change affect environment variables?  Are you
> planning to rebuild jdk8 with different custom code so that the first call
> to getenv is later?
> 
> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Rob McKenna <rob.mckenna at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Looking for approval (subject to the 10 push being complete) of the
> > following:
> >
> > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173654
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~robm/8173654/8/
> > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2017-June/019356.html
> >
> >     -Rob
> >
> >