[jdk8u] Integrated: 8290832: It is no longer possible to change "user.dir" in the JDK8

Sergey Bylokhov serb at openjdk.org
Sun Jul 31 04:04:36 UTC 2022


On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 03:46:56 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.
> 
> This PR reverts this commit: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk8u/commit/5fcfb7acbe340c8347bd47413a36dd0b1e267dc1

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 2dadc2bf
Author:    Sergey Bylokhov <serb at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u/commit/2dadc2bf312d5f947e0735d5ec13c285824db31d
Stats:     67 lines in 3 files changed: 0 ins; 65 del; 2 mod

8290832: It is no longer possible to change "user.dir" in the JDK8

Reviewed-by: phh, andrew

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u/pull/14


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