8u212 missing fixes

[Langer, Christoph]

Hi Paul,

as for the certs, I'm preparing a patch that brings the certificates from jdk11 and higher into jdk8.

Best regards
Christoph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdk8u-dev <jdk8u-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of
> Hohensee, Paul
> Sent: Mittwoch, 24. April 2019 17:07
> To: Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew at redhat.com>; jdk8u-
> dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: [DMARC FAILURE] 8u212 missing fixes
> 
> From Oracle’s 8u211 release notes at
> https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/2col/8u211-bugfixes-
> 5292912.html, this issue
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8129988: JSSE should create a
> single instance of the cacerts KeyStore
> 
> was in Oracle’s 8u211, but not in OpenJDK 8u212. I’ve just pushed a backport
> to jdk8u-dev.
> 
> There are two more of these.
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8174268: Declare a public field in
> JapaneseEra for the era starting May 2019
> 
> This has a patch we can backport, which I’ll do.
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216577: Add GlobalSign’s R6
> Root certificate
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214188: Certify GlobalSign’s R6
> root certificate
> 
> This doesn’t have a patch, but the necessary info is in JBS. I don’t know how
> to add a cert, however, so it’d be best if someone knowledgeable did the
> work.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul