[8u] Request for enhancement backport approval for CR JDK-8171194: Exception "Duplicate field name&signature in class file" should report the name and signature of the field

[David Holmes]

Hi Sean,

On 15/03/2017 7:32 PM, Seán Coffey wrote:
> Hi Shafi,
>
> Your request has been logged and I'll update you once a decision has
> been reached.
>
> If this was for porting, you should have pushed the original change to
> jdk9 and not jdk10. This has already been widely communicated on the
> jdk10 OpenJDK mailing list.

I assume you are referring to:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk10-dev/2017-March/000105.html

But 9 is closed for RFEs so that is not a possible workflow here.

David
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> regards,
> Sean.
>
>
> On 15/03/2017 05:01, Shafi Ahmad wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> May I get the approval of enhancement backport of 'JDK-8171194:
>> Exception "Duplicate field name&signature in class file" should report
>> the name and signature of the field' to jdk8u-dev.
>>
>> Jdk10 bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8171194
>>
>> "java.lang.ClassFormatError: Duplicate field name&signature in class
>> file CampaignClient"
>>
>>  From the above Exception message, there is no easy way of knowing
>> what is triggering the problem.
>> If the class in question is quite big so removing code by trial and
>> error is very time consuming.
>>
>> With field name + signature, pinpointing the actual problematic code
>> will be easy and time saving.
>>
>> I have tested it with the jprt and jtreg tests.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Shafi
>>
>