OpenJDK 8u272-b0{2,3,4} Released

[Andrew Hughes]

I've made available early access source bundles for 8u272, based on
the tags jdk8u272-b02, jdk8u272-b03 & jdk8u272-b04:

https://openjdk-sources.osci.io/openjdk8/openjdk8u272-b02-ea.tar.xz
https://openjdk-sources.osci.io/openjdk8/openjdk8u272-b03-ea.tar.xz
https://openjdk-sources.osci.io/openjdk8/openjdk8u272-b04-ea.tar.xz

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https://openjdk-sources.osci.io/openjdk8/openjdk8u272-b03-ea.tar.xz.sig
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https://openjdk-sources.osci.io/openjdk8/openjdk8u272-b03-ea.sha256
https://openjdk-sources.osci.io/openjdk8/openjdk8u272-b04-ea.sha256

Changes in 8u272-b02:
  - JDK-8023697: failed class resolution reports different class name in detail message for the first and subsequent times
  - JDK-8025886: replace [[ and == bash extensions in regtest
  - JDK-8046274: Removing dependency on jakarta-regexp
  - JDK-8048933: -XX:+TraceExceptions output should include the message
  - JDK-8076151: [TESTBUG] Test java/awt/FontClass/CreateFont/fileaccess/FontFile.java fails
  - JDK-8148854: Class names "SomeClass" and "LSomeClass;" treated by JVM as an equivalent
  - JDK-8154313: Generated javadoc scattered all over the place
  - JDK-8163251: Hard coded loop limit prevents reading of smart card data greater than 8k
  - JDK-8173300: [TESTBUG]compiler/tiered/NonTieredLevelsTest.java fails with compiler.whitebox.SimpleTestCaseHelper(int) must be compiled
  - JDK-8183349: Better cleanup for jdk/test/javax/imageio/plugins/shared/CanWriteSequence.java and WriteAfterAbort.java
  - JDK-8191678: [TESTBUG] Add keyword headful in java/awt FocusTransitionTest test.
  - JDK-8201633: Problems with AES-GCM native acceleration
  - JDK-8211049: Second parameter of "initialize" method is not used
  - JDK-8219566: JFR did not collect call stacks when MaxJavaStackTraceDepth is set to zero
  - JDK-8220165: Encryption using GCM results in RuntimeException- input length out of bound
  - JDK-8220555: JFR tool shows potentially misleading message when it cannot access a file
  - JDK-8224217: RecordingInfo should use textual representation of path
  - JDK-8231779: crash HeapWord*ParallelScavengeHeap::failed_mem_allocate
  - JDK-8238380: java.base/unix/native/libjava/childproc.c "multiple definition" link errors with GCC10
  - JDK-8238386: (sctp) jdk.sctp/unix/native/libsctp/SctpNet.c "multiple definition" link errors with GCC10
  - JDK-8238388: libj2gss/NativeFunc.o "multiple definition" link errors with GCC10
  - JDK-8242556: Cannot load RSASSA-PSS public key with non-null params from byte array
  - JDK-8250755: Better cleanup for jdk/test/javax/imageio/plugins/shared/CanWriteSequence.java

Changes in 8u272-b03:
  - JDK-6574989: TEST_BUG: javax/sound/sampled/Clip/bug5070081.java fails sometimes
  - JDK-8148754: C2 loop unrolling fails due to unexpected graph shape
  - JDK-8192953: sun/management/jmxremote/bootstrap/*.sh tests fail with error : revokeall.exe: Permission denied
  - JDK-8203357: Container Metrics
  - JDK-8209113: Use WeakReference for lastFontStrike for created Fonts
  - JDK-8216283: Allow shorter method sampling interval than 10 ms
  - JDK-8221569: JFR tool produces incorrect output when both --categories and --events are specified
  - JDK-8233097: Fontmetrics for large Fonts has zero width
  - JDK-8248851: CMS: Missing memory fences between free chunk check and klass read
  - JDK-8250875: Incorrect parameter type for update_number in JDK_Version::jdk_update

Changes in 8u272-b04:
  - JDK-8061616: HotspotDiagnosticMXBean.getVMOption() throws IllegalArgumentException for flags of type double
  - JDK-8177334: Update xmldsig implementation to Apache Santuario 2.1.1
  - JDK-8217878: ENVELOPING XML signature no longer works in JDK 11
  - JDK-8218629: XML Digital Signature throws NAMESPACE_ERR exception on OpenJDK 11, works 8/9/10
  - JDK-8243138: Enhance BaseLdapServer to support starttls extended request

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
OpenJDK Package Owner
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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