RFR(S): [TESTBUG]runtime/ErrorHandling fails when using jtreg 4.1 b13

[Igor Ignatyev]

Hi David,

> On Oct 24, 2018, at 10:14 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Igor,
> 
> On 25/10/2018 3:11 PM, Igor Ignatyev wrote:
>> IIRC, prior jtreg 4.1b13 it was fine to have nonexistent classes in @build actions, so the fix is good regardless of used version of jtreg, but are necessary for jtreg 4.1b13+.
> 
> Okay, just wanted to be sure that 8u testing still expects use of hotspot testlibrary implementation in hotspot tests.
> 
> Though if the @build is actually a no-op is it even necessary to fix it rather than just delete it? Sorry I've lost track of where we stand with needing to explicitly build the test library in older versions.
Unfortunately, I can't recall what the guidelines were for jdk8, but I agree it'd be safer to just remove @build actions here if these tests worked fine w/ jtreg4.1b12 (where these @builds were simply ignored)

Cheers,
-- Igor
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
>> -- Igor
>>> On Oct 24, 2018, at 10:06 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Vaibhav,
>>> 
>>> cc'ing jdk8u-dev to get some input from the maintainers.
>>> 
>>> I was very confused until I realized this RFR was for 8u! :)
>>> 
>>> Even so, after reading the bug report I'm still quite confused. This has been "broken" since the test was added in January 2016, but only causes a failure if jtreg 4.1b13 is used - is that correct? What is the default version of jtreg being used for 8u today?
>>> 
>>> I'd be happy to review this but given I have no idea how the 8u testing is being handled in general I can't say whether this is the right fix ??
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>> 
>>> On 25/10/2018 2:18 PM, Vaibhav Choudhary wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Please review this tiny fix.
>>>> Bug : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8151295
>>>> Fix: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rpatil/8151295/webrev.00/
>>>> Desc: In stead of @build jdk.test.lib.* we need to use @build com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*
>>>> These two tests are failing in nightly.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Vaibhav