[jdk8u-dev] RFR: JDK-8290832: It is no longer possible to change "user.dir" in the JDK8 [v2]

[Christoph Langer]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:49:15 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <serb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is the request to revert the fix for [JDK-8194154](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8194154) integrated to the [openjdk8u342](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk8u/commit/5fcfb7acbe340c8347bd47413a36dd0b1e267dc1)
>> 
>> The fix for [JDK-8194154](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8194154) disabled the possibility to change the "user.dir" property.
>> Changing the "user.dir" was not recommended from the beginning but it was not forbidden, so there are some old applications that rely on the old behavior. 
>> 
>> For compatibility reasons, it would be good to restore the old behavior.
>> 
>> Note that the test is simplified and saved under a different name, now it will check just the possibility to change the 'user.dir' using a simple path and name.
>
> Sergey Bylokhov has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Delete ChangeDefaultUserDir.java

LGTM. You might consider renaming the JBS issue to something like "Backout JDK-8194154..." But I leave that to your or the 8u maintainers.

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Marked as reviewed by clanger (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/88