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

[Martin Buchholz]

Thanks.

So I guess the "regression" was observed only in Oracle JDK, not in stock
openjdk?

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Rob McKenna <rob.mckenna at oracle.com> wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >
>